Automobile interior rearview mirror

• US 10,414,341 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2017
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Global Media Industry Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Global Media Industry Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Pan, Lei
• Primary Examiner(s): Tzeng, Fred
• Application Number:
  US15/638,037
• Publication Number:
  US 20190001892A1
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• Field of Search: 345174
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/14 lighting through the surface to be illuminated
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/258 Rear-view mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/083 Anti-glare mirrors, e.g. "day-night" mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/088 using a cell of electrically changeable optical characteristic, e.g. liquid-crystal or electrochromic mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/12 Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1215 with information displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1223 with sensors or transducers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1605 Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Provided is an automobile interior rearview mirror for solving the problem that the existing automobile interior rearview mirrors usually cannot simultaneously have the anti-glare function and the touch key operation function, including: a front frame, a corresponding PCB key strip provided below the front frame, and a glass mirror provided below the PCB key strip, wherein the PCB key strip is provided thereon with PCB touchpads, the PCB touchpads each are provided thereon with a metal sensor sheet, the metal sensor sheets are connected with a rearview mirror CPU by a bonding pad via a leading wire.

Claims

1. An automobile interior rearview mirror, comprising:

a front frame, a corresponding printed circuit board (PCB) key strip provided below the front frame, and a glass mirror provided below the PCB key strip;

wherein the PCB key strip is provided thereon with at least one PCB touchpad, and

each of the at least one PCB touchpad is provided thereon with a metal sensor sheet;

the metal sensor sheet is connected with a rearview mirror central processing unit (CPU) by a bonding pad via a leading wire;

a light strip is provided below the glass mirror, the light strip is provided thereon with hidden characters, the light strip is provided to be located at an inner side of the PCB key strip, and the hidden characters are provided to be corresponding to the PCB touchpad;

the hidden characters are configured to be lightened when a human hand touches the front frame; and

the lightened hidden characters are configured to disappear when the human hand does not touch the front frame for a long period of time; and

a rear housing is provided below the light strip, a screen and a PCB board are provided between the light strip and the rear housing, an upper supporting plate is provided above the PCB board, and the upper supporting plate is provided to be located below the screen, and a lower supporting plate is provided below the PCB board, and the lower supporting plate is provided to be located above the rear housing.

2. The automobile interior rearview mirror according to claim 1, wherein the front frame is a plastic frame.

3. The automobile interior rearview mirror according to claim 2, wherein the PCB key strip is provided thereon with a plurality of the PCB touchpads, and each of the PCB touchpads is provided thereon with the metal sensor sheet;

and

the PCB touchpads are configured to be able to be used to be corresponding respectively to different instruction inputs.

4. The automobile interior rearview mirror according to claim 1, wherein the glass mirror is a plane mirror or an anti-glare mirror.

5. The automobile interior rearview mirror according to claim 4, wherein the PCB key strip is provided thereon with a plurality of the PCB touchpads, and each of the PCB touchpads is provided thereon with the metal sensor sheet;

and

the PCB touchpads are configured to be able to be used to be corresponding respectively to different instruction inputs.

6. The automobile interior rearview mirror according to claim 1, wherein the PCB key strip is provided thereon with a plurality of the PCB touchpads, and each of the PCB touchpads is provided thereon with the metal sensor sheet;

and

the PCB touchpads are configured to be able to be used to be corresponding respectively to different instruction inputs.

7. The automobile interior rearview mirror according to claim 1, wherein the rear housing is in butt joint with the front frame.

8. The automobile interior rearview mirror according to claim 7, wherein the rear housing is provided with universal serial bus (USB) interfaces.

9. The automobile interior rearview mirror according to claim 8, wherein the rear housing is connected with a fixed support.

10. The automobile interior rearview mirror according to claim 7, wherein the screen is provided to be located above the PCB board, and

the screen is configured to be able to display the hidden characters in an on screen display (OSD) manner when a human hand touches the front frame, and the lightened hidden characters are configured to disappear when the human hand does not touch the front frame for a long period of time.

11. The automobile interior rearview mirror according to claim 10, wherein the rear housing is connected with a fixed support.

12. The automobile interior rearview mirror according to claim 7, wherein the rear housing is connected with a fixed support.