A camera arrangement (3) for mounting in a vehicle (1) and including a carrier arrangement (4) configured so as to be attached to the vehicle (1) in order to support a camera housing (6) which carries a camera unit (8). The camera arrangement (3) further including a fan unit (12) with a fan wheel (12a) which is configured for forcing air heated by the camera arrangement (3) into the interior of the vehicle (1), and a fan motor (12b) for operating the fan wheel (12a). Furthermore, the fan motor (12b) includes a fan motor axle (12c) which is connected to the fan wheel (12a) and which is configured with a generally vertical orientation when the camera arrangement (3) is mounted in the vehicle

A method and system to facilitate monitoring of vehicles, riders, and drivers that includes receiving, using a communication device, and input related to driver energy and driver availability from one or more driver devices. Further, the method may include a step of analyzing, using a processing device, the input related to driver energy to determine energy levels of the one or more drivers. Further, the method may include matching, using the processing device, the rider with a driver based on the analyzing. Further, the method may include transmitting, using the communication device, a notification to the rider device and a matched driver device.

A camera for a vehicular vision system includes a circuit board having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The circuit board has a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). An imager is disposed at the first side of the circuit board, and a lens assembly is optically aligned with the imager. A bend-countering element is disposed at the first side or the second side of the circuit board. The bend-countering element has a second CTE that is different from the first CTE of the circuit board. The bend-countering element counters temperature-induced bending of the circuit board. With the camera disposed at the vehicle, temperature-induced bending of the bend-countering element is in an opposite direction from temperature-induced bending of the circuit board.

Sensing apparatus includes a transparent window and a LiDAR assembly, including a beam source, which is configured to emit one or more beams of optical radiation along a beam axis, and which is configured to scan the one or more beams over an angular range about the beam axis. A diffractive structure is mounted approximately parallel to the transparent window and positioned to intercept the one or more beams emitted by the LiDAR assembly and turn the beam axis to pass through the transparent window at an angle greater than 30° relative to a normal to a surface of the transparent window.

A window-mounted system, apparatus, and method for securing one or more devices to a window of a vehicle or other similar property to collect data, display data, and/or utilize any function the device mounted may offer including surveilling a vehicle. The window-mounted system includes a mounting assembly connected to a surveillance assembly, wherein the mounting assembly engages an upper portion of a window of a vehicle or similar property. The surveillance portion provides an arrangement of unit cases, wherein each unit case retains a device for data collection, displaying data and/or surveilling a vehicle or property.

A video camera system comprises an elongate camera housing (102) extending along a longitudinal axis (104); a camera lens (106) disposed axially along the longitudinal axis (104) at a distal end of the camera housing, such that the camera lens faces away from the elongate camera housing; a mount (108) including a receptacle (110) to hold the camera housing (102) secured against a vehicular windshield (302) of a motor vehicle, the mount including a first region having a first opening (112); and visually perceptible light indicators (114) positioned on the elongate camera housing (102) at a location such that the visually perceptible light indicators are viewable through the first opening (112) of the mount (108), the visually perceptible light indicators (114) providing an indication of an operational status of the camera system viewable through the vehicular windshield (302) from a location outside of the motor vehicle.

A night vision system including a thermal radiation night vision device for removably mounting to an exterior of a vehicle. The night vision device is to detect thermal radiation for objects present around the vehicle and to create a video with the detected objects. The created video may be communicated to a display device located within an interior region of the vehicle for displaying the video stream to a user driving the vehicle. The system may include a connector having a standard interface to easily and securely connect to a mounting device that is designed to mount to a roof, a light bar, a fender, a grill or a bumper of the vehicle. The mounting device may be configured to replace a portion of a frame of a spotlight mounted to the vehicle in order to secure the thermal radiation night vision device to the spotlight.

A bonded structure (14) includes a first member (15), a second member (16), and an adhesive body (17). The second member (16) includes a support (18). The support (18) includes a facing surface and a side surface. The facing surface faces the first member (15). The side surface is inclined outward as viewed from the first member side. The adhesive body (17) is located between the first member (15) and the second member (16). The adhesive body (17) extends from the facing surface to the side surface. The adhesive body (17) has a fillet shape at an end thereof by the side surface. The adhesive body (17) fixes the first member (15) to the second member (16).

A housing apparatus configured to be attached to an external housing of a vehicle mounted optical device is described. The housing apparatus is configured to direct an airflow at a lens of the optical device in order to prevent or remove obstructions, such as rain, dirt, pollen, insects, and other items. In one embodiment, among others, an apparatus comprises a tunnel structure that has a first end, a second end, a first side, a second side, and a top side. The first end of the tunnel structure has an entry opening for capturing air flow while the vehicle is in motion. The second end of the tunnel structure has an exit opening for directing the air flow to a lens of the optical device.

Provided is an image-capturing optical system including a first lens group that includes a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, and a third lens having a positive refractive power arranged in this order starting from an object side or that includes a first lens having a negative refractive power and a second lens having a positive refractive power arranged in this order starting from the object side, the first lens group having a negative refractive power as a whole, at least one on-axis luminous flux regulating diaphragm, and a second lens group that has a positive refractive power. A surface of at least one of the lens that are included in the first lens group and that have the negative refractive power, the surface being located on the object side, is a convex surface in a paraxial region and has an aspherical surface having a shape with which convex power decreases with increasing distance from an optical axis. A surface of the second lens group on the most image side has a convex shape toward the image side in a paraxial region. The image-capturing optical system satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) to (3):

−1.30<fn/f<−0.6   (1)

Di/tan ω/100<−0.4   (2)

2ω≤120°  (3)

where f is a focal length of an entire lens system, fn is a focal length of a negative lens of the first lens group, Di is a distortion at a maximum angle of view (unit: %), and ω: an incident angle of a maximum angle of view light beam on the object side.