Patent ID: 11927876
Assignee: AUDI AG
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A camera apparatus for generating an image representation of a surroundings, comprising:
a carrier medium configured as a light guide and on which an input coupling region and an output coupling region are disposed, the carrier medium being flexible, at least in regions, in a region of the input coupling region, wherein
an area of the input coupling region is greater than an area of the output coupling region,
the input coupling region includes a first deflection structure which is configured to input light, which is incident on the first deflection structure from the surroundings, into the carrier medium,
the carrier medium is configured to transmit the light input via the input coupling region, by internal reflection from the input coupling region to the output coupling region, and
the output coupling region includes a second deflection structure, which is configured to output the light transmitted by internal reflection, which is incident on the second deflection structure, from the carrier medium; and

an image capture device, disposed adjacent to the output coupling region, configured to capture the light that has been output from the carrier medium via the output coupling region and to provide the light in a form of image data which are correlated with the light from the surroundings.