Auto-adjusting side-view mirrors
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Dupuis, David Joseph Orris, Thomas Lorenzo
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Abstract
A vehicle side-view mirror control system includes a pair of extendable side-view mirrors and a controller configured to receive and store one or more trailer identifying indicia and one or more predetermined extendable side-view mirror configurations. The controller is configured to control translation of at least one of the pair of side-view mirrors to a one of the one or more predetermined extendable side-view mirror configurations according to the one or more stored trailer identifying indicia. The one or more trailer identifying indicia define or identify a specific trailer having been previously towed by the vehicle.
Claims20
A vehicle side-view mirror control system, comprising:
- a pair of extendable side-view mirrors;
- and
- a controller configured to receive and store one or more trailer identifying indicia and one or more predetermined extendable side-view mirror configurations;
- wherein the controller is configured to control translation of at least one of the pair of side-view mirrors to a one of the one or more predetermined extendable side-view mirror configurations according to the one or more stored trailer identifying indicia.
A method for controlling a vehicle extendable side-view mirror, comprising:
- communicating one or more trailer identifying indicia to a controller associated with the vehicle;
- and
- by the controller, translating at least one of a pair of extendable side-view mirrors to a predetermined configuration according to the one or more communicated trailer identifying indicia.
A vehicle side-view mirror control system, comprising:
- a pair of extendable side-view mirrors;
- a controller configured to receive and store one or more trailer identifying indicia and one or more predetermined extendable side-view mirror configurations;
- and
- at least one motor operatively linked to the controller and to the pair of extendable side-view mirrors;
- wherein the controller is configured to, by the at least one motor, control translation of the pair of side-view mirrors to a one of the one or more predetermined extendable side-view mirror configurations according to the one or more stored trailer identifying indicia.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.