Patent Publication Number: US-2022219606-A1

Title: Recreational vehicle (rv) monitoring system

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     The present application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 202110041224.7 filed on Jan. 13, 2021, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to the technical field of recreational vehicles (RVs), and in particular, to an RV monitoring system. 
     BACKGROUND 
     With the development of society, an RV is widely applied because it can be used as both a car and a house. Due to its special functions, the RV not only needs to have all kinds of functions of an ordinary car, but also is often used as a house in the open air. During traveling, an owner of the RV will leave for shopping or playing. In this case, the RV is completely in a strange place, full of all kinds of unsafe factors. However, the current RV has poor security monitoring performance, and does not support blind-region monitoring, monitoring at night, or monitoring after parking. 
     SUMMARY 
     To resolve the above technical problem, the present disclosure provides an RV monitoring system, to provide functions for blind-region monitoring, monitoring at night, and monitoring after parking, thereby improving safety of an RV. 
     The technical solution used in the present disclosure to resolve the technical problem thereof is as follows: 
     A RV monitoring system includes a display screen, and a rear-view camera assembly, a side-view camera assembly, a door-top camera assembly, and a reversing camera that are electrically connected to the display screen, where the display screen is detachably disposed inside an RV, the reversing camera is detachably disposed at a lower end of the tail of the RV, the rear-view camera assembly is mounted at a stop lamp of the RV, the door-top camera assembly is disposed on the top of a door of the RV, and the side-view camera assembly is disposed at a turn lamp of the RV. 
     Preferably, the door-top camera assembly includes a mounting base, a door-top camera is disposed at an adjustable angle in the middle of the mounting base, and two sides of the door-top camera are respectively provided with a lighting lamp and a sensor for human body detection. 
     Preferably, the mounting base includes a mounting part and a connecting part for connecting to the door, two adapter plates are symmetrically disposed on the mounting part, two ends of the door-top camera are provided with a spindle, and the spindle is rotatably disposed inside the adapter plate. 
     Preferably, an included angle between a center line of a lens of the door-top camera and a horizontal plane is a, and a value of a ranges from 25 degrees to 35 degrees. 
     Preferably, the side-view camera assembly includes a base body, one end of the base body is rotatably provided with a side-view camera, and the other end of the base body is provided with the turn lamp. 
     Preferably, the base body is provided with a rotating groove, two engaging lugs are oppositely disposed on the rotating groove, two ends of the side-view camera each are provided with a rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft is rotatably disposed inside the engaging lug. 
     Preferably, the rear-view camera assembly includes a fixed base, one end of the fixed base is rotatably provided with a rear-view camera, and the other end of the fixed base is provided with the stop lamp. 
     Preferably, the fixed base is provided with two opposite mounting posts, two ends of the rear-view camera each are provided with an adjustment shaft, and the adjustment shaft is rotatably disposed on the mounting post. 
     Preferably, the RV monitoring system further includes a mounting rack disposed in a cab and a living region of the RV, where the mounting rack is provided with a splicing convex, the display screen is provided with a splicing concave cavity whose shape matches a shape of the splicing convex, and the splicing convex is detachably inserted into the splicing concave cavity. 
     Preferably, the reversing camera includes a bracket and a camera body, two sides of the camera body are disposed at an adjustable angle on the bracket, and a magnet is disposed at the bottom of the bracket. 
     Compared with the prior art, the RV monitoring system provided in embodiments of the present disclosure has the following beneficial effects: The rear-view camera assembly is disposed at the stop lamp of the RV, the door-top camera assembly is disposed on the top of the door of the RV, and the side-view camera assembly is disposed at the turn lamp of the RV, so that the RV has a whole-vehicle photographing function, and images obtained by the cameras are displayed and stored by the display screen. In this way, the RV has a blind-region monitoring function, and can monitor a surrounding environment of the RV during driving, at night, and after parking, thereby improving monitoring safety of the RV. In addition, the door-top camera assembly can also photograph a person who approaches the door, and display an obtained image on the display screen to remind an owner of the RV, thereby further improving safety of the RV. The RV monitoring system in the present disclosure has a simple structure and a desired use effect, and can be easily popularized. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic structural diagram of an RV monitoring system according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic structural diagram of a door-top camera assembly according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 3  is an axonometric diagram of a door-top camera assembly according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 4  is an exploded view of a door-top camera assembly according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic structural diagram of a side-view camera assembly according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 6  is an exploded view of a side-view camera assembly according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic structural diagram of a rear-view camera assembly according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 8  is a schematic exploded view of a rear-view camera assembly according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 9  is a front view of a reversing camera according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 10  is a rear view of a reversing camera according to the present disclosure; and 
         FIG. 11  is a schematic structural diagram of a connection between a display screen and a mounting rack according to the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     Reference numerals in the figures:  1 : display screen;  11 : splicing concave cavity;  2 : rear-view camera assembly;  21 : fixed base;  22 : rear-view camera;  23 : stop lamp;  24 : mounting post;  25 : adjustment shaft;  26 : first slot;  27 : first snap-fit bar;  3 : side-view camera assembly;  31 : base body;  311 : rotating groove;  312 : engaging lug;  32 : side-view camera;  321 : rotating shaft;  33 : turn lamp;  4 : door-top camera assembly;  41 : mounting base;  411 : mounting part;  412 : connecting part;  42 : lighting lamp;  43 : sensor;  44 : adapter plate;  45 : door-top camera;  46 : slot;  47 : bar;  48 : spindle;  5 : reversing camera;  51 : bracket;  52 : camera body;  53 : second slot;  54 : second snap-fit bar;  6 : mounting rack; and  61 : splicing convex. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Specific implementations of the present disclosure are described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. The following embodiments are intended to illustrate the present disclosure, rather than to limit the scope of the present disclosure. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , an RV monitoring system according to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display screen  1 , and a rear-view camera assembly  2 , a side-view camera assembly  3 , a door-top camera assembly  4 , and a reversing camera  5  that are electrically connected to the display screen  1 , where the display screen  1  is detachably disposed inside an RV, the reversing camera  5  is detachably disposed at a lower end of the tail of the RV, the rear-view camera assembly  2  is installed at a stop lamp of the RV, the door-top camera assembly  4  is disposed on the top of a door of the RV, and the side-view camera assembly  3  is disposed at a turn lamp of the RV. 
     In the RV monitoring system based on the above technical features, the rear-view camera assembly  2  is disposed at the stop lamp of the RV, the door-top camera assembly  4  is disposed on the top of the door of the RV, and the side-view camera assembly  3  is disposed at the turn lamp of the RV, so that the RV has a whole-vehicle photographing function, and images obtained by cameras are displayed and stored by the display screen  1 . In this way, the RV has a blind-region monitoring function, and can monitor a surrounding environment of the RV during driving, at night, and after parking, thereby improving monitoring safety of the RV. In addition, the door-top camera assembly can also photograph a person who approaches the door, and display an obtained image on the display screen to remind an owner of the RV, thereby further improving safety of the RV. The RV monitoring system in the present disclosure has a simple structure and a desired use effect, and can be easily popularized. 
     Refer to  FIG. 2  to  FIG. 4 . In this embodiment, the door-top camera assembly  4  includes a mounting base  41 , a door-top camera  45  is disposed at an adjustable angle in the middle of the mounting base  41 , and two sides of the door-top camera  45  are respectively provided with a lighting lamp  42  and a sensor  43  for human body detection. A white lighting lamp is preferably selected as the lighting lamp  42  to facilitate lighting. A human body induction sensor is preferably selected as the sensor  43 . When a person approaches the door at night or during parking, the sensor  43  sends a signal to turn on the lighting lamp  42  to provide lighting, and the door-top camera  45  can photograph the person who approaches the door, and display and store an obtained image by the display screen  1 , to reminder the owner and realize monitoring. 
     In this embodiment, the mounting base  41  includes a mounting part  411  and a connecting part  412  for connecting to the door, two adapter plates  44  are symmetrically disposed on the mounting part  411 , two ends of the door-top camera  45  are provided with a spindle  48 , and the spindle  48  is rotatably disposed in the adapter plate  44 . The connecting part  412  can be directly connected to the door, and this is simple and convenient. 
     In this embodiment, a back side of the door-top camera  45  is provided with a circular arc snap-fit plate, and the snap-fit plate is provided with a plurality of slots  46 . A bar  47  is disposed between the two adapter plates  44  on the mounting part, and the bar  47  is connected to any one of the slots  46  in a snap-fit manner. After the door-top camera assembly  4  is mounted, the door-top camera  45  can be rotated if required, so that the corresponding slot  46  is connected to the bar  47  in the snap-fit manner. This is simple and convenient. However, during adjustment, it needs to be ensured that an included angle between a center line of a lens of the door-top camera  45  and a horizontal plane is a. A value of a ranges from 25 degrees to 35 degrees, and is preferably 30 degrees. 
     Refer to  FIG. 5  and  FIG. 6 . In this embodiment, the side-view camera assembly  3  includes a base body  31 , one end of the base body  31  is rotatably provided with a side-view camera  32 , and the other end of the base body  31  is provided with the turn lamp  33 . The base body  31  is provided with a rotating groove  311 , two engaging lugs  312  are oppositely disposed on the rotating groove  311 , two ends of the side-view camera  32  each are provided with a rotating shaft  321 , and the rotating shaft  321  is rotatably disposed inside the engaging lug  312 . When an angle of the side-view camera  32  needs to be adjusted, only the side-view camera  32  needs to be rotated so that it can rotate around the rotating shaft  321 . 
     Refer to  FIG. 7  and  FIG. 8 . In this embodiment, the rear-view camera assembly  2  includes a fixed base  21 , one end of the fixed base  21  is rotatably provided with a rear-view camera  22 , and the other end of the fixed base  21  is provided with the stop lamp  23 . The fixed base  21  is provided with two opposite mounting posts  24 , two ends of the rear-view camera  22  each are provided with an adjustment shaft  25 , and the adjustment shaft  25  is rotatably disposed on the mounting post  24 . During adjustment, the rear-view camera  22  is rotated directly so that it can rotate around the adjustment shaft  25 . In addition, a back side of the rear-view camera  22  is provided with a first circular arc plate, and the first plate is provided with a plurality of first slots  26 . A first snap-fit bar  27  is disposed between the two mounting posts  24  on the fixed base  21 , and the first snap-fit bar  27  is connected to any one of the first slots  26  in the snap-fit manner. After adjustment, the corresponding first slot  26  and first snap-fit bar  27  cooperate with each other to ensure stability of the rear-view camera  22 . 
     Refer to  FIG. 9  and  FIG. 10 . In this embodiment, the reversing camera  5  includes a bracket  51  and a camera body  52 , two sides of the camera body  52  are disposed at an adjustable angle on the bracket  51 , and a magnet is disposed at the bottom of the bracket  51 . The magnet can be directly adsorbed onto or separated from the RV. This is simple and reliable. The bracket  51  includes a base and two connecting rods disposed at two ends of the base. The two sides of the camera body  52  are respectively connected to the connecting rods. A lower surface of the camera body  52  is provided with a second circular arc plate, and the second plate is provided with a plurality of second slots  53 . A second snap-fit bar  54  is disposed between the two connecting rods on the base, and the second snap-fit bar  54  is connected to in any one of the second slots  53  in the snap-fit manner. The camera body  52  can be directly rotated if required. After the camera body  52  is adjusted to a proper position, the second snap-fit bar  54  is connected to the corresponding second slot  53  in the snap-fit manner, thereby ensuring stability of the camera body  52 . 
     Refer to  FIG. 11 . In this embodiment, the rear-view camera assembly  2 , the side-view camera assembly  3 , the door-top camera assembly  4 , and the reversing camera  5  each are provided with a wireless transmitting module, and the display screen  1  is provided with a wireless receiving module for receiving a corresponding signal sent by the wireless transmitting module. In this way, the rear-view camera assembly  2 , the side-view camera assembly  3 , the door-top camera assembly  4 , and the reversing camera  5  are wirelessly connected to the display screen  1 . The display screen  1  is mounted on a mounting rack  6 . The mounting rack  6  is disposed in a cab and a living region of the RV. The mounting rack  6  is provided with a splicing convex  61 , the display screen  1  is provided with a splicing concave cavity  11  whose shape matches a shape of the splicing convex  61 , and the splicing convex  61  is detachably inserted into the splicing concave cavity  11 . During driving, the display screen  1  can be directly mounted on the mounting rack  6  in the cab. During a rest at night, the display screen  1  is mounted on the mounting rack  6  in the living region to monitor a situation outside the RV. The splicing convex  61  can be directly inserted into the splicing concave cavity  11 . 
     The foregoing are merely descriptions of preferred implementations of the present disclosure. It should be noted that a person of ordinary skill in the art can make several improvements and replacements without departing from the principle of the present disclosure, and such improvements and replacements should be deemed as falling within the protection scope of the present disclosure.