Vehicle-mounted electronic device

• US 9,554,079 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2013
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamada, Tomohiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Bailey, Frederick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nawaz, Talha M
• Application Number:
  US14/377,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20150002673A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,414 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0028 Ceiling, e.g. roof rails
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0082 collapsible, e.g. for storing after use
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0276 for rear passenger use
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/265 constructional aspects of navigation devices, e.g. housings, mountings, displays G01C21/3688 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/655 Construction or mounting of chassis, e.g. for varying the elevation of the tube

Abstract

A vehicle-mounted electronic device according to the present invention is provided with a sensor 15 that detects illumination 17 from a following vehicle 16, in at least one of a display unit 9 and a main body case 7, and is configured such that a control unit 11 rotates the display unit 9 by means of a drive unit 10 when the sensor 15 detects the illumination 17 from the following vehicle 16. Thereby, the illumination 17 from the following vehicle 16 does not reflect on the display unit 9 toward a viewer, as a result of which, the influence by illumination from the following vehicle 16 can be reduced.

Claims

1. A vehicle-mounted electronic device, comprising a main body case to be attached to a ceiling surface of a vehicle, a display unit that is attached to the main body case to be openable downward and closable, a drive unit that drives the display unit to open and close, and a control unit that is connected to the drive unit, and comprising a configuration wherein

a sensor that detects illumination from a following vehicle is provided in at least one of the display unit and the main body case, and the control unit rotates the display unit by means of the drive unit, when the sensor detects illumination from a following vehicle, further comprising a configuration wherein

at an opening time of the display unit, the display unit is brought into a state in which the display unit is opened at 90 degrees or more with respect to the main body case, and when illumination from a following vehicle is detected by the sensor, the display unit is rotated, by the drive unit, in a direction in which an opening angle of the display unit with respect to the main body case becomes smaller.

2. The vehicle-mounted electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured by a camera.

3. The vehicle-mounted electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the sensor is provided at an outer perimeter portion of the display unit.

4. The vehicle-mounted electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a configuration wherein

after the sensor detected illumination from a following vehicle, if a state in which no illumination from the following vehicle is detected is continued for a predetermined time period, the control unit causes the display unit to perform an opening operation.