Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Camera concealment using photochromics
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Application No.: US16597259Application Date: 2019-10-09
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Publication No.: US11415864B2Publication Date: 2022-08-16
- Inventor: Robert R. Turnbull , Xiaoxu Niu , David J. Cammenga
- Applicant: Gentex Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Zeeland
- Assignee: Gentex Corporation
- Current Assignee: Gentex Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Zeeland
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Agent Brian James Brewer
- Main IPC: G03B11/04
- IPC: G03B11/04 ; B60R11/04 ; G02B5/23 ; G02B1/04 ; B60R11/00

Abstract:
A concealing device for an imager of a vehicle includes a photochromic lens cover with an external surface that is co-extensive with an adjacent portion of the vehicle and disposed proximate a lens of the imager. The photochromic lens cover is operable between a first condition wherein the photochromic lens cover is exposed to ultraviolet light and darkens to a transmissivity of less than 15% and a second condition wherein the photochromic lens cover includes a transmissivity of greater than 50%.
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