INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY
First Claim
1. An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising:
- a mirror reflective element;
a video display device disposed behind said mirror reflective element and operable to display video information that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle through said mirror reflective element and at a display region of said mirror reflective element;
wherein said video display device is operable to display a directional heading at a compass display portion of said display region; and
wherein means are provided to adjust the directional heading display to limit image sticking of the displayed directional heading.
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Abstract
An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror reflective element and a video display device operable to display video information that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle through said mirror reflective element and at a display region of said mirror reflective element. The video display device may be operable to display a directional heading at a compass display portion of the display region, and means may be provided to adjust the directional heading display to limit image sticking of the displayed directional heading. The mirror assembly may have a touch zone having at least one touch pad established at a perimeter border band of the reflective element, and may have another touch sensor to detect a touch of a user away from the touch zone to determine when a detected touch at the touch zone is an unintentional touch.
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Citations
27 Claims
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1. An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising:
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a mirror reflective element; a video display device disposed behind said mirror reflective element and operable to display video information that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle through said mirror reflective element and at a display region of said mirror reflective element; wherein said video display device is operable to display a directional heading at a compass display portion of said display region; and wherein means are provided to adjust the directional heading display to limit image sticking of the displayed directional heading. - View Dependent Claims (2, 6, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising:
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a mirror reflective element; a video display device disposed behind said mirror reflective element and operable to display video information that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle through said mirror reflective element and at a display region of said mirror reflective element; wherein said video display device is operable to display a directional heading at a compass display portion of said display region; wherein said video display device is operable to adjust a location of the directional heading display to limit image sticking of the displayed directional heading; and wherein at least one of (i) said video display device is operable to episodically adjust the location of the directional heading display, (ii) said video display device is operable to episodically adjust the location of the directional heading display following a predetermined period of time and (iii) said video display device is operable to adjust the location of the directional heading display within said compass display portion of said display region. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising:
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a mirror reflective element; a video display device disposed behind said mirror reflective element and operable to display video information that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle through said mirror reflective element and at a display region of said mirror reflective element; wherein said mirror reflective element comprises a transflective mirror reflector established at a surface thereof, and wherein said video display device is operable to display video information that is viewable by the driver of the vehicle through said transflective mirror reflector of said mirror reflective element and at said display region of said mirror reflective element; wherein said video display device is operable to display a directional heading at a compass display portion of said display region; wherein said video display device is operable to adjust the directional heading display to limit image sticking of the displayed directional heading; and wherein said mirror reflective element comprises a front surface and a rear surface and a perimeter edge about a periphery of said mirror reflective element and extending between said front and rear surfaces, said front surface generally facing a driver of a vehicle when said mirror assembly is normally mounted in a vehicle equipped with said mirror assembly, and wherein said perimeter edge of said mirror reflective element is exposed and viewable by the driver of the vehicle when said mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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Specification