US 2003/0147542 A1 · Outer mirror and interphone for a vehicle

Abstract

Disclosed are an outer mirror and a vehicle interphone having a function of transmitting a sound to the outside from a vehicle cabin or inputting a sound outside of the cabin, and having physical durability. The sound in the cabin is transmitted from a microphone-loudspeaker provided in a visor cover of the outer mirror. The sound near the visor cover, which is received by the microphone-loudspeaker, is emitted in the cabin. The microphone-loudspeaker is supported on a frame having higher rigidity than the visor cover, which is mounted to a vehicle body via an electric accommodating unit and a door mirror base.

Claims18

Dependent claims

An outer mirror comprising:

a support portion directly or indirectly mounted to a vehicle body outside a cabin of a vehicle for supporting a reflecting mirror;
a visor formed in a concave shape open toward a reflecting surface of the reflecting mirror for accommodating at least a part of the support portion and the reflecting mirror therein;
and
an acoustic transducer which is fixed to the support portion, to which at least one of an electric signal and a sound is input, and which transduces one of the electric signal and the sound into the other for outputting the other according to a level of the one.

1 more element

An interphone for a vehicle comprising:

an interior microphone provided in a cabin of the vehicle for transducing an input sound into an electric signal according to a level of the sound and for outputting the electric signal;
an interior loudspeaker provided in the cabin of the vehicle for transducing an input electric signal into a sound according to a level of the electric signal and outputting the sound;
and
an acoustic transducer which is fixed to a support portion to face a side opposite to a reflecting mirror, the support portion being directly or indirectly mounted to a vehicle body outside of the cabin of the vehicle to support the reflecting mirror and at least a part of the support portion being accommodated in a visor formed in a concave shape open toward a reflecting surface of the reflecting mirror, and which acoustic transducer transduces the electric signal output from the interior microphone into a sound according to a level of the electric signal to output the sound, and transduces a sound input thereto from outside of the cabin of the vehicle into an electric signal according to a level of the sound to output the electric signal to the interior loudspeaker.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/356,928Filed 4 Feb 2003

Priority

JP 2002-0311757 Feb 2002

Published

7 Aug 2003

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B60R 11/0217
For radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof: for loud-speakers
B60R 1/12
Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or…:…
B60R 11/0247
For radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof: for microphones or earphones
H04R 27/00
Public address systems

Outer mirror and interphone for a vehicle

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Outer mirror and interphone for a vehicle

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Abstract

Claims18