公开(公告)号：US12206976B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US18482924

申请日：2023-10-09

Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Steven V. Byrne ,  Ben Stickler ,  Richard Rieden ,  Matthew C. Sesti ,  Brian D. Brasier

IPC: H04N23/57 ,  B60R11/04 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/54 ,  H04N23/55

Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes a front housing member, an imaging array sensor, a lens, a rear housing member, and a circuit board. The rear housing member is mated with the front housing member to form a camera housing. With the circuit board accommodated within the camera housing formed by the mated front and rear housing members, the imaging sensor is closer to a first side of the circuit board than to a second side of the circuit board. The rear housing member includes an electrical plug connector having a plurality of individual electrically-conductive pins that are configured to plug into respective individual pin-receiving sockets of an electrical socket connector disposed at the second side of the circuit board. Individual electrically-conductive pins of the plurality of individual electrically-conductive pins plug into and make electrical-conductive contact with corresponding individual pin-receiving sockets of the plurality of individual pin-receiving sockets.

公开(公告)号：US20240364992A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18765552

申请日：2024-07-08

Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Yuesheng Lu ,  Steven V. Byrne ,  Matthew C. Sesti ,  Joel S. Gibson ,  Robert A. Devota

IPC: H04N23/55 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G02B7/00 ,  G02B7/02 ,  G02B7/04 ,  G02B13/00 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B27/62 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/54 ,  H04N23/57 ,  H04N23/63

CPC classification number: H04N23/55 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G02B7/003 ,  G02B7/02 ,  G02B7/025 ,  G02B7/04 ,  G02B13/001 ,  G02B27/0025 ,  G02B27/62 ,  H01L27/14618 ,  H01L27/14625 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/54 ,  H04N23/57 ,  H04N23/63 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  Y10T29/49002

Abstract: A camera sub-assembly for a vehicular camera includes a cylindrical lens barrel and a lens holder. The cylindrical lens barrel is received in a cylindrical lens barrel receiving structure of the lens holder. An axial face of an annular flange of the cylindrical lens barrel is juxtaposed with an axial face at the outer end of the cylindrical lens barrel receiving structure of the lens holder with an adhesive disposed therebetween. An imager is disposed at a first side of an imager printed circuit board, which is attached at the lens holder. With the cylindrical lens barrel held in position relative to the imager by the adhesive, a frontmost optical element of a plurality of optical elements accommodated by the cylindrical lens barrel is distanced further from the imager than any other optical element of the plurality of optical elements. The frontmost optical element may be a glass lens element.

公开(公告)号：US20240214666A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18600961

申请日：2024-03-11

Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan D. Conger ,  Steven V. Byrne

IPC: H04N23/58 ,  B60R1/12 ,  G06V10/141 ,  G06V10/147 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06V20/59 ,  H04N23/74

CPC classification number: H04N23/58 ,  B60R1/12 ,  G06V10/147 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06V20/597 ,  H04N23/74 ,  B60R2001/1253 ,  G06V10/141

Abstract: A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a camera disposed at an interior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle, an electronic control unit (ECU) with an image processor for processing image data captured by the camera. The camera is disposed at a mirror head of the interior rearview mirror assembly and moves in tandem with the mirror head when the mirror head is adjusted relative to a mounting portion of the interior rearview mirror assembly. The camera includes an imaging array sensor and a lens. The vehicular driver monitoring system, responsive to processing at the ECU of image data captured by the camera, monitors a body portion of a driver of the vehicle. The vehicular driver monitoring system adjusts viewing of the body portion of the driver by the camera to accommodate a change in a scene viewed by the camera.

公开(公告)号：US12022176B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17661923

申请日：2022-05-04

Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Rene Dreiocker ,  Jonathan D. Conger ,  Jose Luis Zamudio Cabral ,  Steven V. Byrne

IPC: H04N23/54 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G03B17/08 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/52 ,  H04N23/55 ,  H04N23/57

CPC classification number: H04N23/54 ,  B60R11/04 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/52 ,  H04N23/55 ,  H04N23/57 ,  G03B17/08

Abstract: A vehicular exterior camera includes a housing having a first portion and a second portion. An imager printed circuit board (imager PCB) includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side and separated from the first side by a thickness of the imager PCB, with an imager disposed at the first side of the imager PCB. A lens barrel accommodates a lens and has an inner end. The first housing portion includes a passageway for receiving the lens barrel. The lens barrel is received through the passageway of the first housing portion. The inner end of the lens barrel is adhesively bonded to the first side of the imager PCB via an adhesive. The adhesive circumscribes the imager at the first side of the imager PCB to enclose an area between the imager PCB and the lens. The imager is disposed within the enclosed area.

公开(公告)号：US11930264B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US17663462

申请日：2022-05-16

Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan D. Conger ,  Steven V. Byrne

IPC: G06V10/00 ,  B60R1/12 ,  G06V10/147 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06V20/59 ,  H04N23/58 ,  H04N23/74 ,  G06V10/141

CPC classification number: H04N23/58 ,  B60R1/12 ,  G06V10/147 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06V20/597 ,  H04N23/74 ,  B60R2001/1253 ,  G06V10/141

Abstract: A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a camera disposed at an interior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular driver monitoring system, an electronic control unit (ECU) with an image processor for processing image data captured by the camera. The camera includes an imaging array sensor and a lens and the camera is adjustable by at least one of (i) adjusting a position of the imaging array sensor relative to the lens and (ii) adjusting a position of the lens relative to the imaging array sensor. The system, responsive to processing at the ECU of image data captured by the camera, monitors a body portion of a driver of the vehicle and adjusts the camera to adjust the position of where the monitored body portion of the driver is imaged at the imaging array sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11801795B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-31

申请号：US17447829

申请日：2021-09-16

Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Stefan Sauer ,  Rene Dreiocker ,  Steven V. Byrne ,  Jonathan D. Conger

IPC: B60R11/04 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G02B7/02 ,  G03B17/55 ,  H01R12/71 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/55 ,  H04N23/57

CPC classification number: B60R11/04 ,  G02B7/028 ,  G03B17/55 ,  H01R12/716 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/55 ,  H04N23/57 ,  B60R2300/105 ,  H01R2201/26

Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a camera housing, a lens assembly having a lens, an imager printed circuit board (imager PCB), and a heating device. The imager PCB is disposed at the camera housing and the lens is aligned with an imager disposed at the imager PCB. The heating device is disposed at at least a portion of the lens assembly and includes an electrically connecting portion having electrical contacts at an end thereof, with the electrical contacts disposed at an inner surface of the camera housing. The heating device is electrically connected to circuitry of the vehicular camera via electrical connectors that electrically connect with the electrical contacts of the electrically connecting portion of the heating device at the camera housing as the vehicular camera is assembled.

公开(公告)号：US11785327B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US18190394

申请日：2023-03-27

Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Steven V. Byrne ,  Ben Stickler ,  Richard Rieden ,  Matthew C. Sesti ,  Brian D. Brasier

IPC: B60R1/00 ,  B60R11/04 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/55 ,  H04N23/57 ,  H04N23/54

CPC classification number: H04N23/57 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B60R11/04 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/54 ,  H04N23/55 ,  B60R2300/8006 ,  B60R2300/8026

Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes a front housing member, an imaging sensor, a lens optically aligned with the imaging sensor, a rear housing member, and a circuit board. With the circuit board accommodated within the camera housing formed by the joined front and rear housing members, the imaging sensor is closer to a first side of the circuit board than to a second side of the circuit board. The rear housing member includes an electrical plug connector having a plurality of individual electrically-conductive pins that are configured to plug into respective individual pin-receiving sockets of an electrical socket connector disposed at the second side of the circuit board. Individual electrically-conductive pins of the plurality of individual electrically-conductive pins are plugged into and make electrical-conductive contact with corresponding individual pin-receiving sockets of the plurality of individual pin-receiving sockets.

公开(公告)号：US11731569B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17444204

申请日：2021-08-02

Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Matthew C. Sesti ,  Steven V. Byrne

IPC: B60R11/04 ,  H01R12/91 ,  H04N23/51 ,  B60Q9/00 ,  H01R12/71 ,  H01R13/11

CPC classification number: B60R11/04 ,  B60Q9/008 ,  H01R12/91 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H01R12/716 ,  H01R13/112

Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a housing having a front and rear housing portions, and a circuit board having a first side and a second side, with a first electrical connector disposed at the second side. The rear housing portion includes a second electrical connector that, with the front and rear housing portions mated together, electrically connects with the first electrical connector. The second electrical connector includes electrically conductive terminals that extend through the rear housing portion and that each have an inner end portion and an outer end portion. The inner end portions of the electrically conductive terminals of the second electrical connector extend from an inner surface of the rear housing portion and the outer end portions of the electrically conductive terminals of the second electrical connector extend through a wall of the rear housing portion into a socket connection portion of the rear housing portion.

公开(公告)号：US20230254562A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-10

申请号：US18194699

申请日：2023-04-03

Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Brian J. Winden ,  Robert A. Devota ,  Matthew C. Sesti ,  Joseph A. Stemmer ,  Steven V. Byrne ,  John R. Garcia ,  David F. Olson

IPC: H04N23/55 ,  C09J163/00 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/54 ,  C09J5/00

CPC classification number: H04N23/55 ,  C09J163/00 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/54 ,  C09J5/00 ,  C09J2463/00

Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a lens comprising a plurality of optical elements, a lens holder, and an imager printed circuit board. The plurality of optical elements includes at least one plastic optical element and at least one glass optical element. The imager printed circuit board has circuitry disposed thereat. The circuitry of the imager printed circuit board includes an imager that has an imaging array. The lens is held in optical alignment with the imaging array of the imager via an adhesive. The adhesive bonds the lens barrel to the lens holder. A flexible electrical ribbon cable electrically connects the circuitry of the imager printed circuit board with additional circuitry of the vehicular camera. The vehicular camera, when installed and used in a vehicle, captures image data for a vision system of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11722758B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US17663223

申请日：2022-05-13

Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Steven V. Byrne ,  Jonathan D. Conger

IPC: B60R11/04 ,  H04N23/52 ,  G02B7/02 ,  H04N23/54 ,  H04N23/55 ,  B60R1/12 ,  B60R11/02 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B60R11/00

CPC classification number: H04N23/52 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G02B7/02 ,  H04N23/54 ,  H04N23/55 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B60R1/12 ,  B60R11/0235 ,  B60R2001/1215 ,  B60R2001/1253 ,  B60R2011/004 ,  B60R2300/105

Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a camera housing having a first portion and a second portion joined to the first portion. The first portion of the camera housing accommodates a lens and has an attaching portion having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). A circuit board includes circuitry disposed at a circuit board substrate that has a second CTE that is different from the first CTE. The circuitry includes an imager. The circuit board substrate is attached at the attaching portion of the first portion of the camera housing. When the vehicular camera is operated at an operating temperature greater than 50 degrees C., the attaching portion expands a greater degree than the circuit board substrate. When the vehicular camera is operated at an operating temperature below −20 degrees C., the attaching portion contracts a greater degree than the circuit board substrate.