US 11,720,001 B2
Driving video recorder for automotive and having a fan
Shichun Liu, Shanghai (CN); Chao Shang, Shanghai (CN); Pei Yang, Shanghai (CN); Xuejun Zhang, Shanghai (CN); Huihua Chen, Shanghai (CN); and Chuanwen Jiang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Lumileds LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/754,228
Filed by LUMILEDS LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 8, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/077291
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 7, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/072750, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2017/106018 (WO), filed on Oct. 13, 2017; and application No. 17200538 (EP), filed on Nov. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0200068 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. G08B 13/196 (2006.01); G03B 17/55 (2021.01); G02B 13/06 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01)
CPC G03B 17/55 (2013.01) [G02B 13/06 (2013.01); H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H05K 7/2039 (2013.01); H05K 7/20136 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving video recorder for an automotive, comprising:
a housing having a top wall with an air outlet, a bottom wall with an air inlet, and a side wall connecting the top wall with the bottom wall;
a first electric fan arranged on the bottom wall above the air inlet and in a vertical middle plane of the housing for directing outside air into the housing;
two sets of lenses for image capturing arranged at the side wall, each of the two sets of lenses positioned entirely and symmetrically on opposing sides of the vertical middle plane of the housing to face opposite directions and share an optical axis; and
heat generating electrical components provided within the housing, the heat generating electrical components being symmetrically distributed on both sides of the vertical middle plane.