CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); G02B 5/20 (2013.01); G03B 11/00 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/749 (2023.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01); B60R 2300/00 (2013.01); B60R 2300/804 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8086 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8093 (2013.01)] | 72 Claims |
1. A vehicular vision system, said vehicular vision system comprising:
a camera module configured for mounting at an in-cabin portion of a windshield of a vehicle;
wherein said camera module comprises a forward-viewing camera and a circuit board;
wherein, with said camera module mounted at the in-cabin portion of the windshield, said forward-viewing camera views forward of the vehicle and through the windshield of the vehicle;
wherein said forward-viewing camera comprises a CMOS imaging sensor array and a lens;
wherein the CMOS imaging sensor array comprises a plurality of photosensor elements arranged in a photosensor array having rows and columns;
wherein said lens is accommodated in a lens barrel having a longitudinal axis;
a data processor operable to process image data captured by the CMOS imaging sensor array of said forward-viewing camera for at least (i) a vehicle headlamp control system of the vehicle, (ii) a lane departure warning system of the vehicle, (iii) an object detection system of the vehicle and (iv) a traffic sign recognition system of the vehicle;
wherein the CMOS imaging sensor array of said forward-viewing camera is electrically connected to circuitry of said circuit board via a flexible electrical connection;
wherein the CMOS imaging sensor array of said forward-viewing camera is controlled via the flexible electrical connection;
wherein image data captured by the CMOS imaging sensor array is carried via the flexible electrical connection; and
wherein, with said camera module mounted at the in-cabin portion of the windshield, said circuit board is tilted at an acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis of said lens barrel of said forward-viewing camera.
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