Swinging mechanism for movable application of a camera to a vehicle

The present invention relates to a pivoting mechanism for movably mounting a camera (12) to a vehicle (1; 23). The pivoting mechanism comprises a vehicle-side component (8), a first pivot joint (15) which is mounted on the vehicle-side component (8), a first pivot arm (16) whose first end is rotatably mounted on the first pivot joint (15), a second pivot joint (17) which is mounted on the vehicle-side component (8), a second pivot arm (18) whose first end is rotatably mounted on the second pivot joint (17), a camera holder (19), a third pivot joint (20) which is mounted on the camera holder (19) and on which a second end of the first pivot arm (16) is rotatably mounted, and a fourth pivot joint (23) which is mounted on the camera holder (19) and on which a second end of the second pivot arm (18) is rotatably mounted.