ELECTRON MIRROR DEVICE

• US 20170197546A1
• Filed: 07/07/2015
• Published: 07/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: NAKAI, Wataru, OKOHIRA, Takashi, NAKAI, Jun
• Application Number:
  US15/321,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20170197546A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/20 for lighting specific fittings of passenger or driving compartments; mounted on specific fittings of passenger or driving compartments lighting for dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/51 for mounting lighting devices onto vehicle interior, e.g. onto ceiling or floor
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/82 Switches specially adapted for vehicle interior lighting, e.g. switching by tilting the lens
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/12 Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/1207 with lamps; with turn indicators
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1215 with information displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8006 for monitoring and displaying scenes of vehicle interior, e.g. for monitoring passengers or cargo
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8026 in addition to a rear-view mirror system
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8046 for replacing a rear-view mirror system
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8066 for monitoring rearward traffic

Abstract

The electronic mirror device has a display unit and a control unit. The display unit, which is disposed on the mounting position of the rearview mirror of a vehicle, displays the image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle. The control unit controls the display unit. The display unit contains an image display section having a display surface, and a half mirror disposed facing the display surface of the image display section. When the control unit determines that the image display section is turned off, it lights up an illuminator disposed in the vehicle interior.

Claims

1. An electronic mirror device comprising:

a display unit that is disposed on a mounting section of a rearview mirror in an interior of a vehicle and displays an image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle, the display unit including;

an image display section having a display surface; and

a half mirror disposed facing the display surface of the image display section; and

a control unit that controls the display unit,

wherein the control unit lights up an illuminator disposed in the interior of the vehicle if the image display section is turned off.

2. The electronic mirror device according to claim 1 further comprising:

an illuminometer connected to the control unit,

wherein the control unit lights up the illuminator if an illumination level in a rear section of the interior of the vehicle measured by the illuminometer is equal to or lower than a predetermined value.

3. The electronic mirror device according to claim 1,

wherein the illuminator provides visibility in the rear section of the interior of the vehicle.

4. The electronic mirror device according to claim 1,

wherein the illuminator is disposed on a side of a ceiling of the vehicle with respect to the display unit and lights up the rear section of the interior of the vehicle.