Vehicle mirror

• US 6,910,779 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2002
• Issued: 06/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Vollmer, Andreas, von Holleben, Heinrich, Polz, Mathias, Lenart, Coloman, Biener, Yorek, Noll, Heinrich, Abel, Heinz-Bernhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Robinson, Mark A.
• Application Number:
  US10/227,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20030086192A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,041 Days
• Field of Search: 345/7, 345/8, 345/9, 345/44, 345/46, 359/265, 359/267, 359/839, 359/872, 359/603, 359/629, 359/630, 359/634, 340/815.4
• US Class Current: 359/839
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/08 involving special optical features, e.g. avoiding blind spots , e.g. convex mirrors; Side-by-side associations of rear-view and other mirrors B60R1/025, B60R1/10 take precedence

Abstract

A vehicle mirror has a mirror glass (1) which also forms a substrate for an OLED display (7). This OLED display (7) fully covers the mirror glass (1). A front cover glass (5) forms the second substrate for the OLED display (7).

Claims

1. A vehicle mirror system comprising an organic light emitting display, wherein the display includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an OLED layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate has a reflecting surface to serve as a mirror glass of the mirror system, and wherein the display further comprises electrodes located on opposite sides of the OLED layer contiguous to the OLED layer and to the first and the second substrates, respectively.

2. The vehicle mirror system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the OLED display (7) extends over the entire surface of the mirror glass (1).

3. The vehicle mirror system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mirror glass (1) forms a rear substrate.

4. The vehicle mirror system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mirror glass forms a semi-transparent mirror (10) and also a front substrate (9) of the OLED display (7).

5. The vehicle mirror system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the vehicle mirror system is a dielectric vehicle mirror system reflecting only selected wave lengths.

6. The vehicle mirror system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said OLED display (7) in combination with a sensitive element represents an overtaking vehicle situated in a blind spot.

7. The vehicle mirror system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the OLED display (7) represents distance of a vehicle driving ahead.

8. The vehicle mirror system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said OLED display (7) in combination with a sensitive element represents information related to content of reflection information.

9. The vehicle mirror system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reflecting surface of the first substrate faces the OLED layer, thereby attaining reduced parallax in use of the mirror system.

10. The vehicle mirror system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electrodes located on the side of the OLED layer facing the first substrate are disposed in an insulator layer.