Patent ID: 9667922
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B60R,H04N

Claim:
1. A vehicle equipped with a viewing system the viewing system comprising: an image capture unit, a computing unit connected to the image capture unit, and a reproducing unit connected to the computing unit, wherein the image capture unit comprises a lens, which has an optical axis, and a digital image sensing unit, and is attached to the vehicle such that, in use, a viewing area on the side of the vehicle is sensed with at least a part of a first legally-prescribed field of view and at least a part of a second legally-prescribed field of view, wherein the lens is disposed with respect to the digital image sensing unit such that the optical axis intersects the part of the first legally-prescribed field of view that is reproduced on the digital image sensing unit at a point, and wherein the point is located between a center of the digital image sensing unit and a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle.