CPC G03B 37/04 (2013.01) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G03B 11/045 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01); G02B 13/02 (2013.01); G02B 13/04 (2013.01)] | 23 Claims |
1. A camera module configured to be mounted on an inside of a windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, the camera module comprising:
a plurality of lens units having optical axes, respectively, wherein the optical axes are shifted from each other, an optical image of the external environment individually enters within angles of view, which are around the optical axes, respectively, the angles of view are different from each other; and
an imaging system to perform imaging individually through the lens units and to generate an outside image of the external environment, wherein
an other of the lens units is shifted relative to one of the lens units in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle along the optical axis, and
the other of the lens units coincides with the one of the lens units in a vertical direction of the vehicle,
the angle of view of the other of the lens units is smaller than the angle of view of the one of the lens units, and
the other of the lens units is located on an external environment side relative to the one of the lens units in the longitudinal direction.
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