ELECTRONIC TOWING BALL VIEWER
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1. An electronic towing ball viewer, for viewing a towing ball mounted to a vehicle, comprising:
- a digital camera lens unit for mounting in a position adjacent to a towing ball mounted on a vehicle;
a digital viewing screen unit with a view screen, for mounting in said vehicle, with said digital viewing screen unit operationally connected to said digital camera lens, for convenient viewing of said towing ball of said vehicle;
an off center zoom feature in which a selected region shown in said view screen is magnified, in which the region magnified is a region other than the center of the image of said region to be viewed;
an off center zoom activation button;
whereinsaid viewing screen is configured to enlarge an off center portion of an image viewed in the view screen when said off center zoom activation button is depressed, with said image magnified to show greater detail of a part of the image which is not the center of the image displayed.
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Abstract
An electronic towing ball viewer for placement near a towing ball on the exterior of a vehicle, so that a person backing a towing vehicle toward a trailer hitch may see the ball as it approaches the trailer hitch. The unit includes a zoom function which zooms to the lower center, to the right, left, lower left, or lower right of the screen in order to give the user a view of those regions in order to better see a tow ball and trailer hitch.
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1. An electronic towing ball viewer, for viewing a towing ball mounted to a vehicle, comprising:
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a digital camera lens unit for mounting in a position adjacent to a towing ball mounted on a vehicle; a digital viewing screen unit with a view screen, for mounting in said vehicle, with said digital viewing screen unit operationally connected to said digital camera lens, for convenient viewing of said towing ball of said vehicle; an off center zoom feature in which a selected region shown in said view screen is magnified, in which the region magnified is a region other than the center of the image of said region to be viewed; an off center zoom activation button;
whereinsaid viewing screen is configured to enlarge an off center portion of an image viewed in the view screen when said off center zoom activation button is depressed, with said image magnified to show greater detail of a part of the image which is not the center of the image displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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