Patent ID: 7499644

Claim:
A vehicle ( 1 ) with at least one catadioptric camera ( 2 ) fitted on the vehicle ( 1 ), which has an optical axis ( 5 ) and at least a curved first mirror ( 6 ) arranged on the optical axis, wherein the optical axis ( 5 ) is inclined by an angle α with respect to an upward vertical ( 9 ) that is perpendicular to a vehicle base, wherein the camera remains so oriented, that it's field of view continuously encompasses both a fender ( 15 ) of the vehicle and a horizontal ( 10 ), such that distant objects can be detected, wherein the field of view is bounded by an upper cone ( 12 ) with a semivertex angle β, which is centered on the optical axis ( 5 ), the angles α and β satisfying the following inequality: β<90°−α.