VEHICULAR INTERIOR REARVIEW INFORMATION MIRROR SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An interior rearview information mirror system for a vehicle, said interior rearview information mirror system comprising:
- an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror housing and a reflective element;
wherein said reflective element comprises an electro-optic reflective element having a mirror reflector;
wherein said mirror housing is adjustable relative to an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with said interior rearview mirror assembly when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle;
wherein adjustment of said mirror housing by a driver of the equipped vehicle adjusts a rearward field of view of said electro-optic reflective element when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle;
an information display operable to display information for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle;
wherein said information display comprises a reconfigurable liquid crystal display comprising a plurality of pixels;
wherein said information display is disposed in said mirror housing rearward of said mirror reflector of said reflective element, and wherein information displayed by said information display is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle viewing through said reflective element when said information display is displaying information;
wherein information display intensity of said information display is adjustable responsive to determination of a light level at said interior rearview mirror assembly by at least one photosensor of said interior rearview mirror assembly;
wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a forward facing camera having a forward field of view in the direction of forward travel of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said forward facing camera views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; and
wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly accommodates circuitry that, at least in part, is part of a lane departure warning system.
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Abstract
An interior rearview information mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror housing and a reflective element, and includes an information display operable to display information for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle. The information display is disposed in the mirror housing rearward of the reflective element, and information displayed by the information display is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle viewing through the reflective element when the information display is displaying information. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes a forward facing camera having a forward field of view in the direction of forward travel of the equipped vehicle, and the forward facing camera views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle when the interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle.
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49 Claims
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1. An interior rearview information mirror system for a vehicle, said interior rearview information mirror system comprising:
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an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror housing and a reflective element; wherein said reflective element comprises an electro-optic reflective element having a mirror reflector; wherein said mirror housing is adjustable relative to an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with said interior rearview mirror assembly when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; wherein adjustment of said mirror housing by a driver of the equipped vehicle adjusts a rearward field of view of said electro-optic reflective element when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; an information display operable to display information for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle; wherein said information display comprises a reconfigurable liquid crystal display comprising a plurality of pixels; wherein said information display is disposed in said mirror housing rearward of said mirror reflector of said reflective element, and wherein information displayed by said information display is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle viewing through said reflective element when said information display is displaying information; wherein information display intensity of said information display is adjustable responsive to determination of a light level at said interior rearview mirror assembly by at least one photosensor of said interior rearview mirror assembly; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a forward facing camera having a forward field of view in the direction of forward travel of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said forward facing camera views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; and wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly accommodates circuitry that, at least in part, is part of a lane departure warning system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An interior rearview information mirror system for a vehicle, said interior rearview information mirror system comprising:
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an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror housing and a reflective element; wherein said reflective element comprises an electrochromic reflective element having a mirror reflector; wherein said mirror housing is adjustable relative to an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with said interior rearview mirror assembly when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; wherein adjustment of said mirror housing by a driver of the equipped vehicle adjusts a rearward field of view of said electrochromic reflective element when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; an information display operable to display information for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle; wherein said information display comprises a reconfigurable liquid crystal display comprising a plurality of pixels; wherein said information display is disposed in said mirror housing rearward of said mirror reflector of said electrochromic reflective element, and wherein information displayed by said information display is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle viewing through said electrochromic reflective element when said information display is displaying information; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a forward facing camera having a forward field of view in the direction of forward travel of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said forward facing camera views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly accommodates circuitry that, at least in part, is part of a lane departure warning system, and wherein said forward facing camera is associated with said lane departure warning system; and wherein said camera is associated with a headlamp controller that, responsive to image processing of images captured by said forward facing camera, is operable to control the headlamps of the equipped vehicle, and wherein circuitry of said headlamp controller is, at least in part, disposed in said interior rearview mirror assembly. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. An interior rearview information mirror system for a vehicle, said interior rearview information mirror system comprising:
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an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror housing and a reflective element; wherein said reflective element comprises an electrochromic reflective element having a mirror reflector; wherein said mirror housing is adjustable relative to an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with said interior rearview mirror assembly when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; wherein adjustment of said mirror housing by a driver of the equipped vehicle adjusts a rearward field of view of said electrochromic reflective element when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; an information display operable to display information for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle; wherein said information display comprises a reconfigurable liquid crystal display comprising a plurality of pixels; wherein said information display is disposed in said mirror housing rearward of said mirror reflector of said electrochromic reflective element, and wherein information displayed by said information display is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle viewing through said electrochromic reflective element when said information display is displaying information; wherein information display intensity of said information display is adjustable responsive to determination of a light level at said interior rearview mirror assembly by at least one photosensor of said interior rearview mirror assembly; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a forward facing camera having a forward field of view in the direction of forward travel of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said forward facing camera views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; and wherein said camera is associated with a headlamp controller that, responsive to image processing of images captured by said forward facing camera, is operable to control the headlamps of the equipped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An interior rearview information mirror system for a vehicle, said interior rearview information mirror system comprising:
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an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror housing and a reflective element; wherein said reflective element comprises an electrochromic reflective element having a transflective mirror reflector; wherein said transflective mirror reflector comprises a metal thin film layer; wherein said mirror housing is adjustable relative to an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with said interior rearview mirror assembly when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; wherein adjustment of said mirror housing by a driver of the equipped vehicle adjusts a rearward field of view of said electrochromic reflective element when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; an information display operable to display information for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle; wherein said information display comprises a reconfigurable liquid crystal display comprising a plurality of pixels; wherein said information display is disposed in said mirror housing rearward of said transflective mirror reflector of said electrochromic reflective element, and wherein information displayed by said information display is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle viewing through said transflective mirror reflector of said electrochromic reflective element when said information display is displaying information, and wherein, when said information display is not displaying information, the presence of said information display behind said transflective mirror reflector of said electrochromic reflective element is substantially not discerned by the driver of the equipped vehicle normally viewing said electrochromic reflective element when operating the equipped vehicle; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a forward facing camera having a forward field of view in the direction of forward travel of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said forward facing camera views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; and wherein said camera is associated with a headlamp controller that, responsive to image processing of images captured by said forward facing camera, is operable to control the headlamps of the equipped vehicle; and wherein said information display comprises a video information display and wherein said video information display is operable to display video images captured by a rearward facing video camera of the equipped vehicle and wherein said information display displays video images captured by said rearward facing video camera during a reversing maneuver of the equipped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An interior rearview information mirror system for a vehicle, said interior rearview information mirror system comprising:
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an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror housing and a reflective element; wherein said reflective element comprises an electro-optic reflective element having a mirror reflector; an information display disposed at said interior rearview mirror assembly to display information for viewing by a driver of the equipped vehicle; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a forward facing camera having a forward field of view in the direction of forward travel of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said forward facing camera views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle; wherein said camera is associated with a headlamp controller that, responsive to image processing of images captured by said forward facing camera, is operable to control the headlamps of the equipped vehicle; wherein circuitry of said headlamp controller is, at least in part, disposed in said interior rearview mirror assembly; wherein said forward facing camera is associated with a lane departure warning system; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly accommodates circuitry that, at least in part, is part of said lane departure warning system; and wherein circuitry of said interior rearview mirror assembly is electrically connected to a network bus of the equipped vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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