US 11,671,560 B2
In-vehicle camera and vehicle control system
Masao Kimura, Kariya (JP); and Nobuhisa Shimizu, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/326,730.
Claims priority of application No. JP2020-090307 (JP), filed on May 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0368132 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 7/10 (2006.01); G03B 17/02 (2021.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/102 (2013.01) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G03B 17/02 (2013.01); G06T 7/00 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); B60R 2011/0003 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30248 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An in-vehicle camera comprising:
an imager equipped with a lens;
a control board comprising a circuit mounted thereon and configured to control operation of the imager;
a flexible cable configured to connect the imager to the control board to achieve communication therebetween;
a housing formed from conductive material and configured to house the imager, the flexible cable, and the control board, the housing comprising an inner bottom surface that extends horizontally and an inner rear surface that extends vertically from the inner bottom surface, the imager being secured to the inner rear surface, the control board being positioned a distance above the inner bottom surface, and the flexible cable being attached to a side of the control board that faces the inner bottom surface; and
a spacer positioned on the inner bottom surface of the housing and arranged away from the control board in a contactless manner, the spacer located between the flexible cable and the inner bottom surface of the housing to maintain a gap therebetween,
wherein
the spacer is configured to inhibit electrical energy of current flowing through the flexible cable that is transmitted to the spacer via an electrical field or a magnetic field from being consumed by the spacer.