Patent ID: 8587656
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: B60K,B60R,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera mount structure in a vehicle, comprising: a camera for imaging a driver's face, the camera having a lens with a sensitivity in a near-infrared light area; a meter device with a dial plate; and a pointer that is rotatable relative to the dial plate and rotatable within a rotation range, wherein the dial plate has speed numerals and scale patterns arranged around an axle of the pointer, the speed numerals and scale patterns being arranged in concentric arc shapes having concave sides facing downward; the camera is positioned on a back side of the dial plate of the meter device such that the lens of the camera is disposed on a side of the dial plate opposite the speed numerals and scale patterns, is outside of the rotation range of the pointer, is lower than the axle of the pointer, and is between lowest-most endpoints of the concentric arc shapes of the speed numerals and scale patterns; and a portion of a surface of a front side of the dial plate that faces the lens of the camera has a treatment that allows a near-infrared light to pass through the dial plate, but prevents a visible light from passing through the dial plate.