| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle multi-directional image pickup camera by which a dead angle of a photographing range is reduced by forming a reflecting face of a mirror with pluralities of faces. SOLUTION: The side shape of a mirror 3 is formed nearly triangle. A mirror surface is formed by applying aluminum vapor-deposition to a couple of left/ right reflecting faces 31, 32 of a molding made of a synthetic resin. A ridge 33 is in existence on a border between the reflecting faces 31, 32. The reflecting faces 31, 32 at both sides of the ridge form respectively flat parts 31N, 32N and the remaining parts are curved parts 31W, 32W. Thus, a range to the left of the flat part 31N of the reflecting face 31 plays reflection in a normal state, and a range denoted by an angleθLW of the flat part 31W causes reflection in a wide angle state. Similarly, a range to the right of the flat part 32N of the reflecting face 32 plays reflection in a normal state, and a range denoted by an angleθRW of the flat part 32W causes reflection in a wide angle state. Thus, in the case of photographing a scene at the outside of the vehicle, a dead angle of the photographing range is reduced.
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