US 11,851,005 B2
Vehicle visualization system comprising an acquisition device movable between a deployed position and a retracted position
Julien Beauregard, Mesnil en Thelle (FR); Fernandez Rayar, Beauvais (FR); and Thibault Le Mesnil, Cergy (FR)
Assigned to FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE, Nanterre (FR)
Filed by FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE, Nanterre (FR)
Filed on May 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/327,707.
Claims priority of application No. 20 05437 (FR), filed on May 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0362653 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 1/074 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/074 (2013.01) [B60R 1/12 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1215 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A visualization system for the external environment of a vehicle, comprising:
at least one support member, defining an outer surface for extending outside the vehicle and an internal surface for extending inside the vehicle, and
at least one visualization device of the external environment of the vehicle, the visualization device comprising at least one display device extending on the inner surface of the support member and at least one image acquisition device comprising an image sensor and a base, the image sensor being attached to a free end portion of said base,
wherein the acquisition device is movable relative to the support member and to the display device between a deployed position, in which the base extends mainly on the side of the outer surface of the support member, and a retracted position, in which the base extends mainly on the side of the inner surface of the support member,
wherein the support member comprises a deformable element extending opposite a free end of the base on the side of the outer surface, said deformable element being deformed by the base when the acquisition device is in the deployed position so as to be partially spaced from the outer surface of the support member and to provide a space between the deformable element and the outer surface of the support member in which the image sensor extends in the deployed position of the acquisition device, and
wherein the acquisition device is movable through an opening in the support member between the deployed position and the retracted position, the deformable element being flat on the opening and on the acquisition device in the retracted position of the acquisition device and being deformed away from the outer surface of the support member in the deployed position of the acquisition device.