Touch type display mirror

• US 9,045,084 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2012
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Hong Heui
• Primary Examiner(s): Perungavoor, Sath V
• Assistant Examiner(s): Duley, Janese
• Application Number:
  US13/477,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20130128047A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/12 Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/28 with an adjustable field of view
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1215 with information displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/004 outside the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0092 with motorization

Abstract

A touch type display mirror apparatus, may include a touch panel though which a user inputs a first signal, a photosensitive panel arranged on a rear surface side of the touch panel, and a display panel arranged on a rear surface side of the photosensitive panel and including a signal processing unit processing the first signal that may be input from the touch panel, wherein the signal processing unit may be connected to an angle-adjustable rear view camera and adjusts a shooting angle of the angle-adjustable rear view camera according to a second signal that may be input from the touch panel.

Claims

1. A touch type display mirror apparatus, comprising:

a touch panel through which a user inputs a first signal;

a photosensitive panel arranged on a rear surface side of the touch panel; and

a display panel arranged on a rear surface side of the photosensitive panel and including a signal processing unit processing the first signal that is input from the touch panel,

wherein the signal processing unit is connected to an angle-adjustable rear view camera and adjusts a shooting angle of the angle-adjustable rear view camera according to a second signal that is input from the touch panel,

wherein the signal processing unit selectively activates the angle-adjustable rear view camera to monitor a rear side of a vehicle when the vehicle moves backward; and

wherein an actuator adjusts the shooting angle of the angle-adjustable rear view camera, wherein the signal processing unit is connected to the actuator and adjusts the actuator according to a second signal that is input from the touch panel.

2. The touch type display mirror apparatus, according to claim 1,

wherein when the display panel is activated, the photosensitive panel is inactivated and an image of a rear side of a vehicle captured through the angle-adjustable rear view camera is transferred to the signal processing unit to output the image on the display panel;

and

wherein the second signal is transferred to an actuator of the rear view camera through the signal processing unit to adjust the shooting angle of the angle-adjustable rear view camera.

3. The touch type display mirror apparatus, according to claim 2, wherein the photosensitive panel is inactivated and the display panel is activated when the vehicle moves in a rear direction thereof.

4. The touch type display mirror apparatus, according to claim 2, wherein the display panel displays an arrow thereon to show a movement direction of the angle-adjustable rear view camera.

5. The touch type display mirror apparatus, according to claim 1, wherein, when the photosensitive panel is inactivated, the signal processing unit receives and outputs an image signal of the angle-adjustable rear view camera on the display panel, and sends the second signal that is input from the touch panel to the rear view camera to adjust the angle of the angle-adjustable rear view camera.

6. The touch type display mirror apparatus, according to claim 5,

wherein when the display panel is activated, the photosensitive panel is inactivated and an image of a rear side of a vehicle captured through the angle-adjustable rear view camera is transferred to the signal processing unit to output the image on the display panel;

and

wherein the second signal is transferred to an actuator of the rear view camera through the signal processing unit to adjust the shooting angle of the angle-adjustable rear view camera.

7. The touch type display mirror apparatus, according to claim 5, wherein the photosensitive panel is inactivated and the display panel is activated when the vehicle moves in a rear direction thereof.

8. The touch type display mirror apparatus, according to claim 7, wherein the display panel displays an arrow thereon to show a movement direction of the angle-adjustable rear view camera.

9. A method of controlling a touch type display mirror apparatus, comprising the steps of:

activating a display panel when a first signal is input from a touch panel;

inactivating a photosensitive panel when the display panel is activated;

selectively capturing an image of a rear side of a vehicle through an angle-adjustable rear view camera monitoring the rear side of the vehicle when the vehicle moves backward;

transferring an image signal captured by the rear view camera to an signal processing unit;

receiving the image signal from the signal processing unit and outputting the image on the display panel;

transferring a second signal to an actuator adjusting a shooting angle of the angle-adjustable rear view camera through the signal processing unit when the signal processing unit receives the second signal from the touch panel to adjust a shooting angle of the angle-adjustable rear view camera;

driving the actuator according to the second signal to adjust the actuator according to the second signal that is input from the touch panel.

10. The method of controlling the touch type display mirror apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the touch type display mirror apparatus includes the touch panel though which a user inputs the first signal, the photosensitive panel arranged on a rear surface side of the touch panel, and the display panel arranged on a rear surface side of the photosensitive panel and including the signal processing unit processing the first signal that is input from the touch panel, wherein the signal processing unit is connected to the angle-adjustable rear view camera and adjusts the shooting angle of the angle-adjustable rear view camera according to the second signal that is input from the touch panel.

11. The method of controlling the touch type display mirror apparatus, according to claim 10, wherein the display panel displays an arrow thereon to show a movement direction of the angle-adjustable rear view camera.

12. The method of controlling the touch type display mirror apparatus, according to claim 10, wherein the photosensitive panel is inactivated and the display panel is activated when the vehicle moves in a rear direction thereof.