Patent ID: 8821043

Claim:
Device for a power-driven vehicle having a movably supported camera unit which can be brought into a resting position and into an active position by means of a drive unit and a protective element, which can be guided into a closed position and into an open position, wherein in the closed position of the protective element the camera unit is in its resting position behind the protective element inaccessible from the outside, and in the open position of the protective element the camera unit is in the active position for capturing images, wherein the camera unit is arranged on a moveably supported swivel arm which connects the drive unit with the protective element, wherein the protective element can be brought into the closed position and into the open position as well as the camera unit into the resting position and into the active position by means of a movement of the swivel arm induced by the drive unit, wherein the end of the swivel arm facing the protective element comprises a guide element which is guidably supported in a sliding block guide of the protective element.