Rear vision system with automatic blind zone and glare elimination function
First Claim
1. A method for positioning a driver side mirror and a passenger side mirror of a vehicle, said method comprising:
- determining a current angle of the driver side mirror;
determining whether the driver side mirror is in a blind zone mirror position or a blind zone/glare elimination mirror position based on the angle;
detecting a command for switching to the other of the blind zone mirror position or the blind zone/glare elimination mirror position; and
moving both the driver side mirror and the passenger side mirror to the other of the blind zone mirror position or the blind zone/glare elimination mirror position in response to the command.
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Abstract
A system (60) for automatically changing the position of the side mirrors (14, 16) of a vehicle (10) between a blind zone side mirror setting position and a blind zone/glare elimination (BGE) side mirror setting position in response to actuation of a switch (68). From the angle of the driver side mirror (14) an equation can be used to determine the distance between the driver side mirror (14) and the vehicle operator'"'"'s eyes. Based on the angle of the driver side mirror (14), the system (60) will know whether the driver set the driver side mirror (14) for the blind zone setting method or the BGE setting method. If the vehicle operator actuates the switch (68), then the system (60) will use the distance from the vehicle operator'"'"'s eyes to the driver side mirror (14) to set the angle for the other of the blind zone setting method or the BGE setting method based on predetermined equations.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for positioning a driver side mirror and a passenger side mirror of a vehicle, said method comprising:
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determining a current angle of the driver side mirror;
determining whether the driver side mirror is in a blind zone mirror position or a blind zone/glare elimination mirror position based on the angle;
detecting a command for switching to the other of the blind zone mirror position or the blind zone/glare elimination mirror position; and
moving both the driver side mirror and the passenger side mirror to the other of the blind zone mirror position or the blind zone/glare elimination mirror position in response to the command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for positioning a driver side mirror and a passenger side mirror of a vehicle, said method comprising
determining a current angle of the driver side mirror; -
determining the position of a vehicle operators eyes based on the angle of the driver side mirror;
determining whether the driver side mirror is in a blind zone mirror position or a blind zone/glare elimination mirror position based on the angle;
detecting a command for switching to the other of the blind zone mirror position or the blind zone/glare elimination mirror position; and
moving the driver side mirror to the other of the blind zone mirror position or the blind zone/glare elimination mirror position based on the position of the operators eyes in response to the command. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A mirror positioning system for a vehicle, said system comprising:
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a driver side mirror;
a passenger side mirror;
an interior rear view mirror;
a switch for switching between a blind zone mirror position and a blind zone/glare elimination mirror position; and
a controller responsive to a mirror switching signal from the switch, said controller determining a current angle of the driver side mirror, determining whether the driver side mirror is in the blind zone mirror position or the blind zone/glare elimination mirror position based on the angle, and moving the driver side mirror to the other of the blind zone mirror position or the blind zone/glare elimination mirror position in response to the signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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