Vehicle mirror adjustment method and system
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1. A method of automatically adjusting a mirror in a vehicle to provide a driver with an optimized rear view, the method comprising:
- providing a camera directed at the mirror;
defining a camera capture area in the mirror; and
adjusting the mirror until both eyes of the driver are captured by the camera within the camera capture area, wherein an eye position of the driver is correlated with the optimized rear view;
wherein the mirror is located inside the vehicle;
defining an optimal position of a border of the mirror in a further capture area of the camera;
detecting the border of the mirror; and
adjusting the mirror to bring the border in the defined optimal position.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and system of automatically adjusting a mirror (14, 16, 18) in a vehicle (10) to provide a driver (1) with an optimized rear view. A camera (24, 26, 28) is provided that is directed at the adjustable mirror (14, 16, 18). A camera capture area (60) is defined in the adjustable mirror (14, 16, 18), and the mirror (14, 16, 18) is automatically adjusted until the eyes (50) of the driver (1) are captured by the camera (24, 26, 28) within the capture area (60).
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1. A method of automatically adjusting a mirror in a vehicle to provide a driver with an optimized rear view, the method comprising:
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providing a camera directed at the mirror; defining a camera capture area in the mirror; and adjusting the mirror until both eyes of the driver are captured by the camera within the camera capture area, wherein an eye position of the driver is correlated with the optimized rear view; wherein the mirror is located inside the vehicle; defining an optimal position of a border of the mirror in a further capture area of the camera; detecting the border of the mirror; and adjusting the mirror to bring the border in the defined optimal position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A mirror adjustment system comprising:
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a camera having an output; a processor having an input coupled to the camera output, said processor comprising object recognition algorithms for detecting both eyes of a driver in a capture area of an adjustable mirror, detecting a border of the adjustable mirror with said camera, and having an output for providing a signal for adjusting the adjustable mirror in response to said object recognition algorithms, wherein an eye position of the driver is directly correlated with an optimized rear view; and wherein the adjustable mirror is a mirror internal to the vehicle, and the processor is configured to define an optimal position of said border in the capture area of the camera, detect the border of the adjustable mirror, and adjust the adjustable mirror to bring the border in the defined optimal position. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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