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A vehicle system is disclosed that includes a vehicle lamp assembly including a plurality of LEDs that emit white light so as to function as an illuminator light. The lamp assembly also may include a plurality of LEDs that emit colored light, such as red or red-orange, so as to function as a signal

A vehicle system is disclosed that includes a vehicle lamp assembly including a plurality of LEDs that emit white light so as to function as an illuminator light. The lamp assembly also may include a plurality of LEDs that emit colored light, such as red or red-orange, so as to function as a signal light. Alternatively or additionally, the lamp assembly may include a camera of a vehicle imaging system. The lamp assembly may serve as a center high mounted stop light or as a tail light. The system also includes a controller that rapidly pulses the LEDs on and off at a rate that is imperceivable by the human eye. The pulsing intervals of the LEDs may be related to the readout intervals of the camera sensor array. In this manner, the LEDs may be pulsed on during camera readout so as to increase their intensity while the camera is capturing an image, or may be pulsed off during camera readout to prevent feedback glare from interfering with image capture by a highly sensitive image sensor array of the camera.

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1. A modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly comprising: a rear window; an opaque frit disposed on a peripheral region of said rear window a camera housing integrally mounted to an inner surface of said rear window behind a transparent zone formed in said frit; and a camera mounted in

1. A modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly comprising: a rear window; an opaque frit disposed on a peripheral region of said rear window a camera housing integrally mounted to an inner surface of said rear window behind a transparent zone formed in said frit; and a camera mounted in said camera housing so as to capture an image to the rear of the vehicle through said rear window and said transparent zone formed in said frit. 2. The modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein said rear window is made of tinted low transmittance privacy glass. 3. The modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly as defined in claim 1 and further including a windshield wiper mounted to said rear window, wherein said camera is mounted behind a wiper zone defined by the sweep of said wiper across the outer surface of said rear window. 4. The modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly as defined in claim 1 and further including a window washer, wherein said camera is mounted behind a wash zone defined by the area over which said washer dispenses washer fluid. 5. The modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly as defined in claim 1 and further including a defroster disposed on said rear window, wherein said camera is mounted behind a defroster zone defined by the area covered on said rear window by said defroster. 6. The modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly as defined in claim 1 and further including a radiation source mounted to the inner surface of said rear window for emitting radiation rearward of the vehicle. 7. The modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly as defined in claim 6, wherein said radiation source emits IR radiation. 8. The modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly as defined in claim 6, wherein said radiation source emits white light. 9. The modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly as defined in claim 6, wherein said radiation source emits light to which said camera is sensitive. 10. The modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein said camera captures images at periodic intervals and said radiation source is activated to emit radiation at the same periodic intervals. 11. The modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein said rear window is made of privacy glass having a transmittance that is highest in a spectral region corresponding to the spectral region of highest sensitivity of said camera. 12. The modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly as defined in claim 1 and further including a light source mounted to the inner surface of said rear window. 13. The modular integrated vehicle rear window assembly as defined in claim 12, wherein said camera captures images at periodic intervals and said light source is periodically activated to emit light at during those intervals when said camera is not capturing images.