Interactive automotive rearvision system
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1. An interactive vehicular mirror system comprising:
- an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror casing and a reflective element, said mirror casing including a bezel portion, said mirror assembly being adapted to mount at an interior portion of the vehicle, and said reflective element having a rearward field of view when said interior mirror assembly is mounted in a vehicle;
a plurality of user actuatable selector elements, said plurality of user actuatable selector elements comprising touch sensitive elements;
said user actuatable selector elements being provided at said bezel portion at a plurality of bezel locations;
said touch sensitive elements of said user actuatable selector elements being responsive to a change in at least one of heat, electrical capacitance, electrical inductance or electrical resistance due to at least close approachment of a human finger;
a plurality of display elements at said interior rearview mirror assembly at a plurality of display locations;
a display element of said plurality of display elements being associated with a respective one of said touch sensitive elements at said bezel portion, said display element being selectively activated by activation of said respective touch sensitive element;
wherein display information desired by a user is generated in response to said touch sensitive elements being actuated by the user and is displayed above said display elements;
said display location of said display element and said bezel location of said respective touch sensitive element being one of local one another and co-located such that a cognitive relationship between said display element and said respective touch sensitive element is established.
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Abstract
A vehicular mirror system includes a mirror assembly with a mirror casing and a reflective element with a rearward field of view when the mirror assembly is mounted to a vehicle. The mirror casing includes a mounting portion that is adapted to mount the mirror casing to the vehicle. At least one user-actuatable selector element is provided at the reflective element for access by a driver of the vehicle. The mirror assembly further includes at least one display element that is actuatable to display at least one image in response to the selector element being actuated.
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1. An interactive vehicular mirror system comprising:
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an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror casing and a reflective element, said mirror casing including a bezel portion, said mirror assembly being adapted to mount at an interior portion of the vehicle, and said reflective element having a rearward field of view when said interior mirror assembly is mounted in a vehicle; a plurality of user actuatable selector elements, said plurality of user actuatable selector elements comprising touch sensitive elements; said user actuatable selector elements being provided at said bezel portion at a plurality of bezel locations; said touch sensitive elements of said user actuatable selector elements being responsive to a change in at least one of heat, electrical capacitance, electrical inductance or electrical resistance due to at least close approachment of a human finger; a plurality of display elements at said interior rearview mirror assembly at a plurality of display locations; a display element of said plurality of display elements being associated with a respective one of said touch sensitive elements at said bezel portion, said display element being selectively activated by activation of said respective touch sensitive element; wherein display information desired by a user is generated in response to said touch sensitive elements being actuated by the user and is displayed above said display elements; said display location of said display element and said bezel location of said respective touch sensitive element being one of local one another and co-located such that a cognitive relationship between said display element and said respective touch sensitive element is established. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An interactive vehicular mirror system comprising:
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an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror casing and a reflective element, said mirror casing having a bezel portion, said mirror assembly being adapted to mount at an interior portion of the vehicle, and said reflective element having a rearward field of view when said interior mirror assembly is mounted in a vehicle; a first display element at said reflective element at a first display location; a second display element at a second display location; a first user actuatable selector element comprising a first touch sensitive element, said first user actuatable selector element being provided at said bezel portion of said mirror casing at a first bezel location; a second user actuatable selector element comprising a second touch sensitive element, said second user actuatable selector element being provided at said bezel portion of said mirror casing at a second bezel location; said first and second touch sensitive elements of said first and second user actuatable selector elements being responsive to a change in at least one of heat, electrical capacitance, electrical inductance or electrical resistance due to at least close approachment of a human finger; a first display information being generated in response to said first touch sensitive element of said first user actuatable selector element being actuated by a user and being displayed above said first display element; a second display information being generated in response to said second touch sensitive element of said second user actuatable selector element being actuated by a user and being displayed above said second display element; said first display element and said first bezel location of said first user actuatable selector element being one of local one another and co-located such that a cognitive relationship between said first display element and said first user actuatable selector element is established; and said second display element and said second bezel location of said second user actuatable selector element being one of local one another and co-located such that a cognitive relationship between said second display element and said second user actuatable selector element is established. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An interactive vehicular mirror system comprising:
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an interior mirror assembly having a mirror casing and a reflective element, said mirror casing including a bezel portion, said interior mirror assembly being adapted to mount at an interior portion of a vehicle, said reflective element having a rearward field of view when said interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted to the vehicle; first and second user actuatable selector elements, said first user actuatable selector element comprising a first touch sensitive element, said second user actuatable selector element comprising a second touch sensitive element said first user actuatable selector element being located at said bezel portion of said mirror casing at a first bezel location, and said second user actuatable selector element being located at said bezel portion of said mirror casing at a second bezel location; said first user actuatable selector element activating a display element to display a first display information associated with said first user actuatable selector element; said first display information being generated in response to actuation of said first user actuatable selector element and being displayed above said display element; said second user actuatable selector element activating another display element to display a second display information associated with said second user actuatable selector element; said second display information being generated in response to said second actuation of a user actuatable selector element and being displayed above said other display element; each of said first and second touch sensitive elements of said first and second user actuatable selector elements being individually responsive to a change in at least one of heat, electrical capacitance, electrical inductance, or electrical resistance due to at least close approachment of a human finger; said first bezel location of said first user actuatable selector element being one of local and co-located with a first display location of said first display information such that a cognitive relationship between said first user actuatable selector element and said first display information is established; and said second bezel location of said second user actuatable selector element being one of local and en-located with a second display location of said second display information such that a cognitive relationship between said second user actuatable selector element and said second display information is established. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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