US 12,330,567 B2
External image display device for vehicles
Nak Kyoung Kong, Seongnam-si (KR); Jong Min Park, Seoul (KR); Ki Hong Lee, Seoul (KR); Dae Hee Lee, Incheon (KR); and Won Bin Kim, Gyeongsan-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/078,846.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0070475 (KR), filed on Jun. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0398949 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [B60R 1/00 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0085 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0092 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An external image display device for vehicles, comprising:
a mounting unit comprising one surface exposed outside a vehicle;
a housing configured to be selectively rotated by driving of a driving unit coupled to the mounting unit to expose a monitoring area outside the mounting unit; and
a camera module mounted in a mounting area provided in the housing to be separated from the driving unit, the camera module configured to be selectively changed from a stowed state to an exposed state by rotation of the housing to monitor an area surrounding the vehicle,
wherein the housing comprises:
a lower cover defining the mounting area;
a housing cover having the monitoring area, the housing cover being rounded such that a length from a rotary shaft of the driving unit to an inner side surface thereof is constant; and
an upper cover configured to shield an upper surface of the lower cover and to be selectively exposed outside the mounting unit when the housing cover is received in the mounting unit,
wherein the housing is provided with a lamp coupled to one side of the housing cover to extend therefrom and to shield a periphery of the mounting area, and
wherein the lamp is exposed outside when the camera module is in the stowed state, and is selectively turned on.