Patent ID: 11880119
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus configured to operate in one of a plurality of operational modes at a time, the plurality of operational modes including a camera mode and a puddle lamp mode, the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus comprising:
a lens module;
an image sensor spaced apart from the lens module and configured to capture an image incident through the lens module when the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates in the camera mode;
a plurality of light sources disposed around the image sensor, each light source having a bottom surface arranged adjacent to and coplanar with a bottom surface of the image sensor and configured to externally emit a light through the lens module when the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates in the puddle lamp mode, wherein the light source is turned off when the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates in the camera mode; and
a plurality of optical units disposed around the image sensor and provided corresponding to the plurality of light sources, respectively, wherein each optical unit is arranged between the corresponding light source and the lens module and configured to direct the light emitted from the light source to the lens module, each optical unit having (1) a bottom surface coplanar with the bottom surface of the light source and (2) a top portion having a wedge shape,
wherein the image sensor is disposed between the plurality of light sources and between the plurality of optical units.