Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Distance measurement device
- Patent Title (中): 距离测量装置
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Application No.: US12597295Application Date: 2008-08-18
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Publication No.: US08077295B2Publication Date: 2011-12-13
- Inventor: Tatsuhiko Inagaki , Hiroo Uchiyama , Yukihiro Matsushima
- Applicant: Tatsuhiko Inagaki , Hiroo Uchiyama , Yukihiro Matsushima
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: JP2007-235585 20070911
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/002224 WO 20080818
- International Announcement: WO2009/034679 WO 20090319
- Main IPC: G01C3/08
- IPC: G01C3/08 ; G01C3/00

Abstract:
A distance measurement device having better measurement accuracy than conventional distance measurement devices. A stereo camera (1) has a camera stay (4) to be secured to a housing (12) of a vehicle and also has a pair of cameras (2, 3) mounted on the camera stay (4). The camera stay (4) has an installation section (4a) located between the pair of cameras (2, 3) and to be mounted on the housing of the vehicle via fixation sections (6, 7, 8). The installation section (4a) is movable in the direction of a base line interconnecting the cameras (2, 3).
Public/Granted literature
- US20100128245A1 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2010-05-27
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