Patent ID: 9202321
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G07C,H04N

Abstract:
1. A multi-camera vehicular image recorder comprising: (a) a hollow body, the hollow body including a top and two longitudinal holes formed through the top of the hollow body, the body, further including: (i) a first lens opening; (ii) a second lens opening, and (iii) a third lens opening, (b) a fixing frame mounted within the hollow body adjacent to the second lens opening; (c) a front cover, the first lens opening and the second lens opening being formed through the front cover; (d) a rear cover, the third lens opening provided in the rear cover, the rear cover further including a sound receiving hole; (e) a front blocking board mounted inside the hollow body adjacent the front cover, the front blocking board having a first lens limiting hole formed therein corresponding to the first lens opening; (f) a rear blocking board including a third lens limiting hole corresponding to the third lens opening; (g) a microphone mounted on a rear side of the rear blocking board, and mounted through and protruding beyond the sound receiving hold in the rear cover; (h) a pair of connectors mounted on a front side of the rear blocking board and extending through the to of the hollow body; (i) two camera holders, the two holders being pivotally mounted on the fixing frame; and located, respectively, adjacent to the front cover and the rear cover, each of the holders having (i) an inverted-U shape, (ii) a top bar and (iii) two side legs, each side leg includes (a) an adjustment hole formed through each camera holder (b) an adjustment rod mounted through the adjustment hole, the adjustment rods being further mounted through and retained within one of the longitudinal holes of the body, (c) two pivot holes formed through the two side legs of each of the camera holders, (d) two L-shaped extension arms, each formed on and protruding inwardly from a bottom end of one of the side legs, and having a fixed hole formed through a free end of the extension arm (e) a control substrate for each holder, each holder being attached to its associated substrate (j) a first image capturing module securely mounted inside a corresponding camera holder and being adjacent to the first lens opening and pivotable within a range limited by the first lens limiting hole of the front blocking board; and (k) a second image capturing module securely mounted on a corresponding fixing frame and being adjacent to the second lens opening. (l) a third image capturing module mounted on the third lens opening, the third image capturing module being pivotable within a range limited by the third lens limiting hole of the rear blocking board, and wherein (m) each of the first, second and third image capturing modules, has a circuit board having a charge-couple device (CCD) sensing chip mounted thereon; (n) a lens mounted on each circuit board and corresponding to the CCD sensing chip, the circuit boards are respectively formed on a camera held adjacent to the first cover and the rear cover, and further, wherein the lens of the first image capturing module is a focus-adjustable lens.