ACCESSORY SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR USE IN A VEHICLE
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Abstract
An accessory mounting system suitable for use in an interior cabin of a vehicle includes a first attachment element adhesively attached to an interior surface of a windshield of a vehicle, and a second attachment element adhesively attached to the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle. The first attachment element accommodates a forward facing camera and an antenna and/or rain sensor. The forward facing camera has a forward field of view through the windshield of the vehicle and in the direction of forward travel of the vehicle. The forward facing camera may capture images for at least one of a collision avoidance system of the vehicle and an automatic headlamp control system of the vehicle. An interior rearview mirror assembly is detachably mounted to the second attachment element by a mounting configuration of the interior rearview mirror assembly.
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29 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. An accessory mounting system suitable for use in an interior cabin of a vehicle, the interior cabin having a windshield, said accessory mounting system comprising:
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a first attachment element adhesively attached to an interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle, said first attachment element accommodating a rain sensor and a forward facing camera; wherein said forward facing camera has a forward field of view through the windshield of the vehicle and in the direction of forward travel of the vehicle, and wherein said forward facing camera captures images for at least one of a collision avoidance system of the vehicle and an automatic headlamp control system of the vehicle; a second attachment element adhesively attached to the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle; an interior rearview mirror assembly; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly is detachably mounted to said second attachment element by a mounting configuration of said interior rearview mirror assembly, said mounting configuration comprising a support having a mirror mount configured to mount to said second attachment element; wherein said mounting configuration comprises one of (a) a double pivot joint mounting configuration and (b) a single pivot joint mounting configuration; and wherein said forward facing camera comprises a forward facing CMOS camera. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An accessory mounting system suitable for use in an interior cabin of a vehicle, the interior cabin having a windshield, said accessory mounting system comprising:
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a first attachment element adhesively attached to an interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle, said first attachment element accommodating a forward facing camera and at least one selected from the group consisting of an antenna, an antenna for a tire pressure monitoring system of the vehicle and a rain sensor; wherein said forward facing camera has a forward field of view through the windshield of the vehicle and in the direction of forward travel of the vehicle, and wherein said forward facing camera captures images for at least one of a collision avoidance system of the vehicle and an automatic headlamp control system of the vehicle; a second attachment element adhesively attached to the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle; an interior rearview mirror assembly; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly is detachably mounted to said second attachment element by a mounting configuration of said interior rearview mirror assembly, said mounting configuration comprising a support having a mirror mount configured to mount to said second attachment element; wherein said mounting configuration comprises one of (a) a double pivot joint mounting configuration and (b) a single pivot joint mounting configuration; and wherein said forward facing camera comprises a forward facing CMOS camera. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An accessory mounting system suitable for use in an interior cabin of a vehicle, the interior cabin having a windshield, said accessory mounting system comprising:
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a first attachment element adhesively attached to an interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle, said first attachment element accommodating an antenna, a rain sensor and a forward facing camera; wherein said forward facing camera has a forward field of view through the windshield of the vehicle and in the direction of forward travel of the vehicle, and wherein said forward facing camera captures images for at least one of a collision avoidance system of the vehicle and an automatic headlamp control system of the vehicle; a second attachment element adhesively attached to the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle; an interior rearview mirror assembly; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly is detachably mounted to said second attachment element by a mounting configuration of said interior rearview mirror assembly, said mounting configuration comprising a support having a mirror mount configured to mount to said second attachment element; wherein said mounting configuration comprises one of (a) a double pivot joint mounting configuration and (b) a single pivot joint mounting configuration; wherein said forward facing camera comprises a forward facing CMOS camera; and a housing that covers said antenna, said rain sensor and said forward facing camera accommodated by said first attachment element. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An accessory mounting system suitable for use in an interior cabin of a vehicle, the interior cabin having a windshield, said accessory mounting system comprising:
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a first attachment element adhesively attached to an interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle, said first attachment element accommodating an antenna, a rain sensor and a forward facing camera; wherein said forward facing camera has a forward field of view through the windshield of the vehicle and in the direction of forward travel of the vehicle, and wherein said forward facing camera captures images for a collision avoidance system of the vehicle and for an automatic headlamp control system of the vehicle; a second attachment element adhesively attached to the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle; an interior rearview mirror assembly; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly is detachably mounted to said second attachment element by a mounting configuration of said interior rearview mirror assembly, said mounting configuration comprising a support having a mirror mount configured to mount to said second attachment element; wherein said mounting configuration comprises a double pivot joint mounting configuration; wherein said forward facing camera comprises a forward facing CMOS camera; and a housing that covers said antenna, said rain sensor and said forward facing camera accommodated by said first attachment element. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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