| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately record an event occurring outside a vehicle, such as a side face collision accident and illegal invasion, without ruining appearance of a vehicle body by using an existing accessory of the vehicle body.SOLUTION: A camera 3 for imaging a sight of sides of a vehicle is built in a door knob 7 of a side door 6, and an image captured by the camera 3 is wirelessly transmitted to a drive recorder and stored in a memory. An opening portion 9 for introducing the sight outside the vehicle to the camera 3 is formed in a housing 8 of the door knob 7. A movable wiper 13 for keeping a light path of the camera 3 clean is provided inside of the housing 8 so as to be in contact with a camera lens 12. A photovoltaic power generation panel or a wind turbine is provided on the door knob 7 and electric power obtained by power generation thereof is provided to the camera 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 |
