Indicator and outer mirror
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Murakami Corporation
InventorsTasuku Kawai, Hiroshi Kawai, Manabu Fukuhara, Hiroya Miwa
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Abstract
An indicator provided on an outer mirror of a vehicle includes: a light transmission portion formed in a mirror surface portion of a mirror member of the outer mirror; and a light emission portion disposed on a side opposite to an exposure surface side being exposed to the outside of the mirror member in such a way that the light emission portion can emit light through the light transmission portion. The light transmission portion includes a plurality of linear transmission portions each extending in a horizontal direction and also being aligned in a vertical direction.
Claims17
An indicator provided on an outer mirror of a vehicle, the indicator comprising:
- a light transmission portion formed in a mirror surface portion of a mirror member of the outer mirror;
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- a light emission portion disposed on a side opposite to an exposure surface side being exposed to the outside of the mirror member, wherein the light emission portion is configured to emit light through the light transmission portion, wherein
- the light transmission portion includes a plurality of linear transmission portions,
- each of the plurality of linear transmission portions extending in a horizontal direction with respect to the mirror surface portion of the mirror member when the outer mirror is mounted on the vehicle, and
- each of the plurality of linear transmission portions also being aligned in a vertical direction with each other with respect to the mirror surface portion of the mirror member when the outer mirror is mounted on the vehicle.
A vehicle, comprising:
- an indicator provided on an outer mirror of the vehicle;
- and
- an electronic control unit (ECU) comprising a processor configured to control lighting of the indicator, the indicator comprising:
- a light transmission portion formed in a mirror surface portion of a mirror member of the outer mirror;
- and
- a light emission portion disposed on a side opposite to an exposure surface side being exposed to the outside of the mirror member wherein the light emission portion is configured to emit light through the light transmission portion, wherein the light transmission portion includes a plurality of linear transmission portions,
- each of the plurality of linear transmission portions extending in a horizontal direction with respect to the mirror surface portion of the mirror member when the outer mirror is mounted on the vehicle, and
- each of the plurality of linear transmission portions also being aligned in a vertical direction with each other with respect to the mirror surface portion of the mirror member when the outer mirror is mounted on the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.