Side mirror control system and method for vehicle

• US 9,132,776 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2013
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Choi, Eun Beom
• Primary Examiner(s): Chwasz, Jade R
• Application Number:
  US13/863,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20140160586A1
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/074 for retracting the mirror arrangements to a non-use position alongside the vehicle

Abstract

A side mirror control system and method for a vehicle includes a first mirror module and driving unit driving a first side mirror on one side of the vehicle; a second mirror module and driving unit for driving a second side mirror on the other side of the vehicle; and a driver door module controlling the first mirror module and driving unit and the second mirror module and driving unit so that folding finish points of time of the first side mirror and the second side mirror are coincident with each other.

Claims

1. A side mirror control system for vehicle comprising:

a first mirror module and driving unit for driving a first side mirror on one side of the vehicle;

a second mirror module and driving unit for driving a second side mirror on the other side of the vehicle; and

a driver door module controlling the first mirror module and driving unit and the second mirror module driving unit so that folding finish points of time of the first side mirror and the second side mirror are coincident with each other,

wherein, when the driver door modules receives an instructor for driving one of the first and second side mirrors, the driver door module computes the folding finish times of the first and second side mirrors, respectively, when folding each of the first and second mirrors from its current position at a same speed, and then compares the computed folding finish times and when the folding finish times of the first side mirror and the second side mirror are different from each other, the driver door module adjust a folding speed of one of the first side mirror and the second side mirror in response to a difference between the folding finish times of the first and second side mirrors.

2. The side mirror control system for vehicle of claim 1, wherein the driver door module delays the folding speed of one of the first and second side mirrors having a smaller operating angle among the first side mirror and the second side mirror.

3. The side mirror control system for vehicle of claim 1, wherein the driver door module increases the folding speed of one of the first and second side mirrors having a larger operating angle among the first side mirror and the second side mirror.

4. The side mirror control system for vehicle of claim 1, wherein the driver door module adjusts a duty value of a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal for controlling an operation of the first mirror module and driving unit or the second mirror module and driving unit.

5. A method for controlling driving of first and second side mirrors of a vehicle, the method comprising:

providing a first mirror module and driving unit for driving a first side mirror on one side of the vehicle, and a second mirror module and driving unit for driving a second side mirror on the other side of the vehicle;

controlling the first mirror module and driving unit and the second mirror module driving unit so that folding finish points of time of the first side mirror and the second side mirror are coincident with each other;

receiving via the driver door module an instruction for driving one of the first and second side mirrors, the driver door module computes the folding finish times of the first and second side mirrors, respectively, when folding each of the first and second side mirrors from its current position at a same speed; and

comparing the computed folding finish times and when the folding finish times of the first side mirror and the second side mirror are different from each other, the driver door module adjusts a folding speed of one of the first side mirror and the second side mirror in response to a difference between the folding finish times of the first and second side mirrors.