Patent ID: 7825951

Claim:
In a large vehicle having a driver cab with a dead angle zone in front and laterally of a driver seated in the driver cab, a camera assembly for monitoring the dead angle zone comprising: a support arm carried by the driver cab having a first end extending away from the driver cab, and a second end mounted to a portion of the driver cab; a camera carried by said first end of said support arm in such a manner that the camera monitors a front dead angle zone in front of the cab in a direction across the front of said driver cab; a display monitor disposed within the driver cab in such a manner that the driver's viewing direction for the monitor and a main exterior rear-view mirror is approximately the same; and, wherein said camera is constructed and arranged to monitor a front dead angle zone in front and laterally of the driver cab, and said support arm comprises first and second articulated arms connected by means of a rotatable and adjustable knuckle joint so that said camera carried on an end of said first articulated arm may be properly adjusted to monitor said dead angle zone.