Vehicular rearview mirror system with microcontroller
First Claim
1. A vehicular rearview mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- an interior rearview mirror system comprising an interior variable reflective element, said interior variable reflective element assuming a partial reflectance level in response to an interior drive signal;
a microcontroller;
a drive circuit, said drive circuit supplying an interior drive signal to said interior variable reflective element;
a garage door opener, said garage door opener including a transmitter for transmitting a garage door opening signal;
a tire pressure monitoring system, said tire pressure monitoring system including a receiver for receiving a signal indicative of vehicle tire pressure;
wherein said microcontroller controls at least in part said drive circuit, said garage door opener and said tire pressure monitoring system.
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Abstract
A vehicular rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror system having an electrochromic reflective element, a digital electrochromic drive circuit supplying a drive signal to the reflective element and a garage door opener. The garage door opener includes a transmitter and logic circuit. The logic circuit supplies signals to the transmitter for transmitting garage door opening signals. A microcontroller is provided which defines, at least in part, the digital drive circuit and logic circuit. In this manner, the digital electrochromic mirror system and the garage door opener have at least some components in common. The microcontroller communicates over a vehicle network with at least one module performing at least one other vehicle function. The vehicle network may have at least wired interconnections and may further have wireless interconnections.
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84 Claims
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1. A vehicular rearview mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle, comprising:
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an interior rearview mirror system comprising an interior variable reflective element, said interior variable reflective element assuming a partial reflectance level in response to an interior drive signal; a microcontroller; a drive circuit, said drive circuit supplying an interior drive signal to said interior variable reflective element; a garage door opener, said garage door opener including a transmitter for transmitting a garage door opening signal; a tire pressure monitoring system, said tire pressure monitoring system including a receiver for receiving a signal indicative of vehicle tire pressure; wherein said microcontroller controls at least in part said drive circuit, said garage door opener and said tire pressure monitoring system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A vehicular rearview mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle, comprising:
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at least one tire pressure sensor associated with a tire on a wheel of the vehicle, said at least one tire pressure sensor emitting a tire pressure-monitoring signal indicative of tire pressure; an interior rearview mirror system comprising an interior variable reflective element, said interior variable reflective element assuming a partial reflectance level in response to an interior drive signal; a microcontroller; a drive circuit, said drive circuit supplying an interior drive signal to said interior variable reflective element; a garage door opener, said garage door opener including a transmitter for transmitting a garage door opening signal; a tire pressure monitoring system, said tire pressure monitoring system including a receiver for receiving a signal emitted by said at least one tire pressure sensor; wherein said microcontroller controls at least in part said drive circuit, said garage door opener and said tire pressure monitoring system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A vehicular rearview mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle, comprising:
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at least one tire pressure sensor associated with a tire on a wheel of the vehicle, said at least one tire pressure sensor emitting a tire pressure-monitoring signal indicative of tire pressure; an interior rearview mirror system comprising an interior variable reflective element, said interior variable reflective element assuming a partial reflectance level in response to an interior drive signal; a microcontroller; a drive circuit, said drive circuit supplying an interior drive signal to said interior variable reflective element; a garage door opener, said garage door opener including a transmitter for transmitting a garage door opening signal; a tire pressure monitoring system, said tire pressure monitoring system including a receiver for receiving a signals emitted by said at least one tire pressure sensor; wherein said microcontroller controls at least in part said drive circuit, said garage door opener and said tire pressure monitoring system; wherein said microcontroller controls over a vehicle network at least one other vehicle function. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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