Patent ID: 7506421
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An in-vehicle image module for imaging a light image of an outside of an automotive vehicle, the module comprising: an imager having multiple image elements, which are disposed to be a square lattice pattern; an optical system for focusing the light image on the imager; and an image processing circuit for processing the light image focused on the imager, wherein the imager includes an upper imager and a lower imager in a direction of gravitational force, the imager has a protruding shape wherein a lateral width of the upper imager is less than a lateral width of the lower imager, the upper imager is disposed on an upper side of the protruding shape of the imager in the direction of gravitational force, the lower imager is disposed on a lower side of the protruding shape of the imager in the direction of gravitational force, the upper imager has a number of the image elements per unit area, which is larger than a number of the image elements per unit area in the lower imager, and the image processing circuit is disposed on a side of the upper imager.