Exterior rearview mirror assembly for vehicle

An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, said exterior rearview mirror assembly comprising:

• a mirror head pivotally mounted at a mounting base configured for attachment at a side of a vehicle, wherein said mirror head comprises a mirror casing and a reflective element disposed at said mirror casing;
• a camera module disposed at said mirror head and operable to capture image data, wherein said camera module is adjustably disposed at said mirror head and is adjustable to adjust an exterior field of view of said camera module;
• wherein said camera module is extendable and retractable relative to said mirror casing;
• wherein said camera module pivots about a generally vertical pivot axis as said camera module is extended and retracted relative to said mirror casing;
• wherein, when extended, said camera module is disposed laterally sideward away from said mirror casing at the side of the vehicle and is pivoted so as to have a rearward field of view;
• wherein, when retracted, said camera module is disposed at said mirror casing and is pivoted so as to have an outboard field of view that is directed outward away from the side of the vehicle and outward away from said rearward field of view of said camera module when said camera module is extended;
• wherein said camera module pivots between an outboard viewing orientation when said camera module is retracted and a rearward viewing orientation when said camera module is extended;
• wherein a principal axis of the outboard field of view of said camera module is directed generally outwardly away from the side of the vehicle when said camera module is retracted to said outboard viewing orientation, and wherein the principal axis of the rearward field of view of said camera module is directed generally rearward along the side of the vehicle when said camera module is extended to said rearward viewing orientation;
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• wherein said camera module is extendable and retractable via a mechanism that extends and retracts said camera module and that pivots said camera module about the generally vertical pivot axis.

An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, said exterior rearview mirror assembly comprising:

• a mirror head pivotally mounted at a mounting base configured for attachment at a side of a vehicle, wherein said mirror head comprises a mirror casing and a reflective element adjustably disposed at said mirror casing;
• a camera module disposed at said mirror head and operable to capture image data, wherein said camera module is adjustably disposed at said mirror head and is adjustable to adjust an exterior field of view of said camera module;
• wherein said camera module is extendable and retractable relative to said mirror casing;
• wherein said camera module pivots about a generally vertical pivot axis as said camera module is extended and retracted relative to said mirror casing;
• wherein, when extended, said camera module is disposed laterally sideward away from said mirror casing at the side of the vehicle and is pivoted so as to have a rearward field of view;
• wherein, when retracted, said camera module is disposed at said mirror casing and is pivoted so as to have an outboard field of view that is directed outward away from the side of the vehicle and outward away from said rearward field of view of said camera module when said camera module is extended;
• wherein said camera module is extendable and retractable via a mechanism that extends and retracts said camera module and that pivots said camera module about the generally vertical pivot axis;
• wherein a rotational drive motor is operable to rotate said camera module about its generally vertical pivot axis;
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• wherein said mechanism is operable to extend and retract and pivot said camera module responsive to a user input.