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Apparatus for automating the adjustment of rearview mirrors

  • US 5,694,259 A
  • Filed: 06/07/1995
  • Issued: 12/02/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A motor vehicle mirror system for automatically adjusting sideview mirrors for prescribed side rearview visibility of a motor vehicle driver seat occupant based upon a adjustment of a central interior mirror, said mirror system comprising:

  • a central interior mirror constructed and arranged to be oriented by a motor vehicle driver seat occupant for central rearview visibility;

    sideview mirrors disposed on opposite exterior sides of the motor vehicle and being adjustable for rearview visibility at opposite sides of the motor vehicle;

    an orientation detector operatively connected with said central mirror and being constructed and arranged to detect the orientation of said central mirror and to generate electrical signals indicative of the detected orientation of said central mirror;

    an electronic controller electrically connected with said orientation detector and which utilizes said electrical signals generated by said orientation detector to approximate a location of a single point within the driver seat occupant'"'"'s head about which the occupant'"'"'s head pivots to view said central mirror and said sideview mirrors, said electronic controller generating controller output signals based upon said approximate location of said single point; and

    electrically operated motor mechanisms each connected with a respective one of said sideview mirrors, said motor mechanisms being responsive to said controller output signals to orient said sideview mirrors for side rearview visibility by the driver seat occupant at opposite sides of the motor vehicle based upon said approximate location of said single single point about which the driver seat occupant'"'"'s head pivots, said motor mechanisms orienting said sideview mirrors to reflect prescribed side rearview light rays towards said single point within the driver seat occupant'"'"'s head to enable side rearview vision of said light rays when the driver seat occupant'"'"'s head is pivoted to view said sideview mirrors.

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