Full display mirror assembly with through bezel infrared illumination
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorsDanny L. Minikey, Jr., Steven J. Veenman, Eric S. Sloterbeek, Nigel T. Lock, Michael G. Hendricks, Eric S. Lundy
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Abstract
A mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a housing and a partially reflective, partially transmissive element is located in the housing. A bezel assembly includes at least one localized region that is substantially opaque to a visible spectrum of light and substantially transmissive to an infrared spectrum of light. At least one illumination element is located in the housing and oriented to project infrared illumination through the at least one localized region.
Claims19
A mirror assembly for a vehicle, the mirror assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a partially reflective, partially transmissive element located in the housing;
- a bezel assembly formed of a first material and includes a plurality of apertures spaced from one another along a bottom portion of the bezel assembly, and a plurality of localized regions formed of a second material are located within respective ones of the plurality of apertures, the second material is substantially opaque to a visible spectrum of light and substantially transmissive to an infrared spectrum of light;
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- a plurality of illumination elements are located in the housing and oriented to project infrared illumination through at least some of the plurality of localized regions.
A mirror assembly for a vehicle, the mirror assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a partially reflective, partially transmissive element located in the housing;
- a display located behind the partially reflective, partially transmissive element;
- a bezel assembly formed of a first material including a localized region that is formed of a second material that is different than the first material and that is substantially opaque to a visible spectrum of light and substantially transmissive to an infrared spectrum of light;
- an optical element is integral with the localized region and formed of the second material;
- an illumination element located in the housing, wherein the optical element is located between the illumination element and a front surface of the bezel assembly, and the illumination element is oriented to project infrared illumination through the localized region and the optical element;
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- a camera unit oriented to capture image data of the infrared spectrum of light.
A mirror assembly for a vehicle, the mirror assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a partially reflective, partially transmissive element located in the housing;
- a bezel assembly formed of a first material substantially opaque to a visible spectrum of light and an infrared spectrum of light, the bezel assembly including a plurality of apertures spaced from one another along a bottom portion of the bezel assembly, and a plurality of localized regions formed of a second material that are located within respective ones of the plurality of apertures, wherein the second material is mixed with a dye and is substantially opaque to the visible spectrum of light, color matched to the first material, and substantially transmissive to the infrared spectrum of light;
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- a plurality of illumination elements are located in the housing and oriented to project infrared illumination through at least some of the plurality of localized regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.