Monitoring device for use in a vehicle to monitor vehicle surrounding, has camera with objective lens that radiates light towards receiving surface of imaging unit arranged in center position with reference to visual center axis

摘要

The device has a camera (1) installed at the exterior of a vehicle. The camera has an objective lens (21) arranged intersecting the visual center axis (E) and parallel to the plane (C) of the camera aperture (13). The light from the objective lens is radiated towards the receiving surface of an imaging unit (23) arranged in a center position with reference to the visual center axis.