US 12,391,191 B2
Vehicle window glass with onboard camera
Naohiro Yamaguchi, Tokyo (JP); Hideomi Kamizono, Tokyo (JP); and Takashi Kawahara, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to AGC INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by AGC Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/696,295.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-048530 (JP), filed on Mar. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306015 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [H04N 23/55 (2023.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle window glass with an onboard camera, comprising:
a vehicle window glass configured to be mounted to a vehicle;
a bracket fixed to an inner side surface of the vehicle window glass;
an onboard camera attached to the bracket; and
a hood member disposed on a vehicle forward side of the onboard camera;
wherein the bracket is made of a first resin material, the hood member is made of a second resin material, and the first resin material and the second resin material are different from each other;
wherein the first resin material comprises a resin material comprising glass fibers in a blending amount of at least 30% by weight based on the total weight of the first resin material and the glass fibers, and the second resin material comprises a resin material comprising glass fibers in a blending amount of less than 30% by weight based on the total weight of the second resin material and the glass fibers;
wherein the hood member has a surface facing the vehicle window glass and exhibiting a black appearance having an L value of at most 27.0 measured using a colorimeter with a D65 light source and a viewing angle of 10 degrees, wherein the L value indicates a brightness in a color space, wherein lower L values indicate darker; and
wherein the hood member is made of a material having a gloss value of less than 6.0 measured based on JIS Z 8741-1997.