Electric rearview mirror system for motor vehicle
First Claim
1. An electric rearview mirror system for a motor vehicle body, comprising:
- a mirror unit having a mirror body;
means for housing said mirror unit;
means for driving said mirror body, said driving means being provided in said housing means;
switch means, provided in the vehicle body, for providing parallel command signals;
first control means, provided in the vehicle body, for converting said parallel command signals into a serial command signal;
second control means, provided in said housing means, for converting said serial command signal into parallel driving signals; and
operating means, enabled by said parallel driving signals, for operating said driving means.
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Abstract
An electric rearview mirror system for a motor vehicle, in which drive mechanism, which have a function of turning the mirrors of the mirror units of said system and a function of moving the case of said units back and forth between a use position and a put-away position, are provided in said cases housing said mirrors, so that said mechanisms are operated in prescribed manners by a plurality of kinds of command signals supplied from manipulation means provided in the body of said vehicle, characterized by comprising a transmission means provided in the body of said vehicle to convert said command signals into serial signals and transmit said serial signals to said mirror units through electric wires; and control means provided in said cases to operate said drive mechanisms in said prescribed manners on the basis of said serial signals received by said control means from said wires.
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8 Claims
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1. An electric rearview mirror system for a motor vehicle body, comprising:
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a mirror unit having a mirror body; means for housing said mirror unit; means for driving said mirror body, said driving means being provided in said housing means; switch means, provided in the vehicle body, for providing parallel command signals; first control means, provided in the vehicle body, for converting said parallel command signals into a serial command signal; second control means, provided in said housing means, for converting said serial command signal into parallel driving signals; and operating means, enabled by said parallel driving signals, for operating said driving means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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