Patent ID: 8305443

Claim:
A device for image acquisition of a region outside of a vehicle, the device comprising: a camera ( 20 ); an image display system in an interior of the vehicle, the camera being linked with the image display system; a sliding carriage ( 10 ) having a cavity ( 11 ) a shaft ( 21 ) arranged in the cavity ( 11 ), the camera ( 20 ) being mounted on the shaft ( 21 ) so as to be swivelable between two positions ( 20 . 1 , 20 . 2 ) that are separated by an angle ( 22 ), the positions including a retracted resting position ( 20 . 1 ) in which the camera ( 20 ) is in a first angular position ( 65 ) in the sliding carriage ( 10 ) adapted to the cavity ( 11 ), and an extended operating position ( 20 . 2 ) in which the camera ( 20 ) extends out of the sliding carriage ( 10 ) through a lateral opening ( 15 ) in a sleeve wall, ( 16 ), wherein the sliding carriage ( 10 ) together with the camera ( 20 ) is displaceable relative to an opening ( 51 ) in a vehicle wall ( 50 ) between the two axially separated positions ( 10 . 1 , 10 . 2 ), axial separated positions including a retracted position ( 10 . 1 ) behind ( 52 ) the vehicle wail ( 50 ) where there is a minimum space for accepting the camera ( 20 ), and an extended position ( 10 . 2 ) outside the opening ( 51 ) and in front of the vehicle wall ( 50 ), wherein a space for accepting the camera ( 20 ) is telescopically extended, wherein in the retracted position ( 10 . 1 ) of the sliding carriage ( 10 ) the camera ( 20 ) is in the resting position ( 20 . 1 ) and in the extended position ( 10 . 2 ) of the sliding carriage ( 10 ) the camera ( 20 ) is in the operating position ( 20 . 2 ).