Vehicular video mirror system

A video display system for a vehicle, said video display system comprising:

• an interior rearview mirror assembly mountable at an interior portion of a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising an electrochromic reflective element, said reflective element having a front portion that faces generally towards a driver of the vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted in the vehicle, and having a rear portion that is generally opposite said front portion;
• a video display screen disposed in the vehicle, said video display screen emitting light when actuated to be visible to a driver of the vehicle viewing said video display screen;
• wherein a camera having a field of view rearward of the vehicle is mounted to the rear of the vehicle and wherein, during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle, a video output of said camera is displayed by said video display screen so as to assist the driver in reversing the vehicle;
• wherein said video display system comprises a user input disposed at said interior rearview mirror assembly;
• wherein said user input comprises at least one of (a) a manual input device and (b) a voice input device;
• wherein said video display screen is operable to display at least one of (i) an instruction, (ii) an icon, (iii) a character, (iv) a symbol and (v) an indicia;
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• a control operable to adjust the size of said at least one of (i) an instruction, (ii) an icon, (iii) a character, (iv) a symbol and (v) an indicia displayed on said video display screen responsive to input associated with the driver of the vehicle.

A video display system for a vehicle, said video display system comprising:

• an interior rearview mirror assembly mountable at an interior portion of a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising an electrochromic reflective element, said reflective element having a front portion that faces generally towards a driver of the vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted in the vehicle, and having a rear portion that is generally opposite said front portion;
• wherein said reflective element comprises a third-surface transflective reflective element;
• said reflective element comprising a transflective mirror reflector;
• a video display screen disposed to the rear of said rear portion of said reflective element, said video display screen, when actuated, emitting light through said transflective mirror reflector to be visible to a driver of the vehicle viewing said video display screen;
• wherein a camera having a field of view rearward of the vehicle is mounted to the rear of the vehicle and wherein, during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle, a video output of said camera is displayed by said video display screen so as to assist the driver in reversing the vehicle;
• wherein the presence of said video display screen is only principally visible to the driver of the vehicle, who is viewing said interior rearview mirror assembly when it is mounted at the interior portion of the vehicle, when said liquid crystal display element is back lit;
• wherein said video display system comprises a user input disposed at said interior rearview mirror assembly;
• wherein said video display screen is operable to display at least one of (i) an instruction, (ii) an icon, (iii) a character, (iv) a symbol and (v) an indicia;
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• a control operable to adjust the size of said at least one of (i) an instruction, (ii) an icon, (iii) a character, (iv) a symbol and (v) an indicia displayed on said video display screen responsive to input associated with the driver of the vehicle.