Automobile rearview mirror with driving video recording function
First Claim
1. A rearview mirror attachment having recording functionality for removably coupling to a face of an existing automobile rearview mirror, wherein said automobile review mirror includes a top and bottom edge and backward facing surface, said attachment comprising:
- a rearview mirror body comprising a housing and a mirror mounted in said housing, said housing comprising a first pivot holder and a second pivot holder, said first pivot holder and said second pivot holder each defining therein a ball socket and a position-limiting passage in communication with said ball socket, each said position limiting passage being an open-ended passage facing downwards and having an inner diameter gradually increased toward an open end thereof;
a first camera module comprising a camera holder, an image capture device mounted in said camera holder and adapted for capturing outside video images, a connection rod extended from a top side of said camera holder and terminating in a ball, said connection rod having a substantially uniform circumference, wherein said ball being coupled to said ball socket of said first pivot holder in a tight-fit manner so that said ball is rotatable relative to said ball socket to the desired angular position by an external force and then positively positioned in the adjusted angular position after said external force is disappeared, wherein the uniform connection rod is capable of being adjusted within the position-limiting passage off-axis from mechanical center of said position-limiting passage, said connection rod being extended through said position-limiting passage to a certain distance outside said rearview mirror body to suspend said camera holder outside said rearview mirror bodywherein the ball further comprises a pin protrusion; and
the ball socket further comprises a corresponding pin opening except in one location where the ball socket comprises a pin arresting surface configured so that the maximum rotation of the camera holder about the yaw axis cannot be greater than 360°
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Abstract
An automobile rearview mirror is provided having a driving video recording function that includes a rearview mirror body. The body has a housing, a mirror, a first pivot holder and a second pivot holder mounted at the housing and respectively defined therein is a ball socket and a position-limiting passage. The passage is an open-ended passage disposed in communication with the ball socket and having an inner diameter gradually increased toward an open end thereof. A camera module is provided which includes a camera holder, an image capture device mounted in the camera holder for capturing images. A connection rod extends from the camera holder and is inserted through the position-limiting passage to suspend the camera holder outside the rearview mirror body and has a ball located at an inner end thereof that couples to the ball socket of the first pivot holder.
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6 Claims
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1. A rearview mirror attachment having recording functionality for removably coupling to a face of an existing automobile rearview mirror, wherein said automobile review mirror includes a top and bottom edge and backward facing surface, said attachment comprising:
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a rearview mirror body comprising a housing and a mirror mounted in said housing, said housing comprising a first pivot holder and a second pivot holder, said first pivot holder and said second pivot holder each defining therein a ball socket and a position-limiting passage in communication with said ball socket, each said position limiting passage being an open-ended passage facing downwards and having an inner diameter gradually increased toward an open end thereof; a first camera module comprising a camera holder, an image capture device mounted in said camera holder and adapted for capturing outside video images, a connection rod extended from a top side of said camera holder and terminating in a ball, said connection rod having a substantially uniform circumference, wherein said ball being coupled to said ball socket of said first pivot holder in a tight-fit manner so that said ball is rotatable relative to said ball socket to the desired angular position by an external force and then positively positioned in the adjusted angular position after said external force is disappeared, wherein the uniform connection rod is capable of being adjusted within the position-limiting passage off-axis from mechanical center of said position-limiting passage, said connection rod being extended through said position-limiting passage to a certain distance outside said rearview mirror body to suspend said camera holder outside said rearview mirror body wherein the ball further comprises a pin protrusion; and the ball socket further comprises a corresponding pin opening except in one location where the ball socket comprises a pin arresting surface configured so that the maximum rotation of the camera holder about the yaw axis cannot be greater than 360°
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