Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for monitoring an area adjacent a vehicle
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Application No.: US14725609Application Date: 2015-05-29
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Publication No.: US09637051B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Mervin A. Dayan , Maurice S. Dayan , Larry D. Sharp
- Applicant: Winplus North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Ontario
- Assignee: Winplus North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Winplus North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Ontario
- Agency: Stout, Uxa & Buyan, LLP
- Agent Robert D. Buyan
- Main IPC: H04N9/47
- IPC: H04N9/47 ; B60R1/00 ; B60K35/00 ; B60K37/06 ; B60R11/02 ; B60R11/04 ; B60R11/00

Abstract:
A backup camera system for monitoring an area around a vehicle. In one aspect, the system comprises a camera assembly, a display device and a stand for supporting the display device; the camera assembly comprising: (i) a camera adapted to produce an image signal corresponding to a perceived image, (ii) means for supplying power; (iii) a base having first and second holes that are configured and spaced from one another so as to facilitate attachment to the vehicle using the vehicle's license plate mounting bolts, (iv) a transmitter operably coupled to the camera for wirelessly transmitting the image signal; and the display device comprising: (i) a receiver for receiving the wirelessly transmitted image signal, (ii) means for supplying power, (iii) an image processing unit operably coupled to the receiver for converting the received image signal into a display image that is displayed on the display device, the display image corresponding to the perceived image. The backup camera system can form a retrofit kit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150353026A1 System for Monitoring an Area Adjacent a Vehicle Public/Granted day:2015-12-10
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