Vehicle vision system with display by a mirror
AssigneeMagna Mirrors of America, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Baur
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Abstract
A vision system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly disposed at an interior surface of the vehicle and having a mirror head and a reflective element. The mirror head is adjustably mounted at a mirror mount that attaches at the interior surface of the vehicle and is adjustable to adjust a rearward view of a driver of the vehicle viewing said reflective element. A display device is disposed at an interior portion of the vehicle remote from the interior rearview mirror assembly. The mirror head is adjustable between a mirror mode orientation, where the driver of the vehicle views rearward of the vehicle via the reflective element, and a display mode orientation, where the driver of the vehicle views images displayed by the display device via the reflective element.
Claims20
A vision system for a vehicle, said vision system comprising:
- an interior rearview mirror assembly disposed at an interior surface of the vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising a mirror head having a reflective element;
- wherein said mirror head is adjustably mounted at a mirror mount that attaches at the interior surface of the vehicle and is adjustable to adjust a rearward view of a driver of the vehicle viewing said reflective element;
- a display device disposed at an interior portion of the vehicle remote from said interior rearview mirror assembly;
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- wherein said mirror head is adjustable between a mirror mode orientation, where the driver of the vehicle views rearward of the vehicle via said reflective element, and a display mode orientation, where the driver of the vehicle views images displayed by said display device via said reflective element.
A vision system for a vehicle, said vision system comprising:
- an interior rearview mirror assembly disposed at an interior surface of the vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising a mirror head having a reflective element;
- wherein said mirror head is adjustably mounted at a mirror mount that attaches at the interior surface of the vehicle and is adjustable to adjust a rearward view of a driver of the vehicle viewing said reflective element;
- a display device disposed at an interior portion of the vehicle remote from said interior rearview mirror assembly, wherein said display device is disposed at a ceiling portion of the cabin of the vehicle;
- wherein said mirror head is adjustable between a mirror mode orientation, where the driver of the vehicle views rearward of the vehicle via said reflective element, and a display mode orientation, where the driver of the vehicle views images displayed by said display device via said reflective element;
- wherein, when said mirror head is in the display mode orientation, said reflective element is angled more upward as compared to when said mirror head is in the mirror mode orientation;
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- wherein said reflective element has a primary reflector established at its rear surface and a secondary transflective reflector surface established at its front surface.
A vision system for a vehicle, said vision system comprising:
- an interior rearview mirror assembly disposed at an interior surface of the vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising a mirror head having a reflective element;
- wherein said mirror head is adjustably mounted at a mirror mount that attaches at the interior surface of the vehicle and is adjustable to adjust a rearward view of a driver of the vehicle viewing said reflective element;
- a display device disposed at an interior portion of the vehicle remote from said interior rearview mirror assembly;
- wherein said mirror head is adjustable between a mirror mode orientation, where the driver of the vehicle views rearward of the vehicle via said reflective element, and a display mode orientation, where the driver of the vehicle views images displayed by said display device via said reflective element;
- wherein said display device is actuated responsive to said mirror head being adjusted to the display mode orientation;
- wherein said display device is deactuated responsive to said mirror head being adjusted to the mirror mode orientation;
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- wherein said mirror head is adjusted between the display mode orientation and the mirror mode orientation responsive to a user input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.