Blind spot module with off indicator
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorsTodd M. DuBridge, Martin L. Budek
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Abstract
A vehicular blind spot detection system for alerting a driver of a motor vehicle to an object in a blind spot zone of the vehicle includes a sensor configured to detect the presence of an object proximate to the vehicle in the blind spot zone. A first indicator is disposed on an outside rearview assembly and is configured to indicate that an object is in the blind spot zone of the vehicle. A controller is operably coupled with at least one of the sensor and the first indicator, wherein the controller may be activated and deactivated by a user. A second indicator is disposed proximate the first indicator and is configured to indicate that the controller has been deactivated.
Claims19
A vehicular blind spot detection system for alerting a driver of a motor vehicle to an object in a blind spot zone of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect a presence of said object in said blind spot zone of said vehicle;
- a first indicator disposed on an outside rearview assembly, the first indicator configured to indicate that said object is in said blind spot zone of said vehicle;
- a controller operably coupled with the sensor and the first indicator, wherein the controller may be activated and deactivated by a user;
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- a second indicator disposed proximate the first indicator, the second indicator configured to indicate that the controller has been deactivated.
An exterior rearview assembly for a vehicle having a vehicular blind spot detection system, the exterior rearview assembly comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect a presence of an object in a blind spot zone of said vehicle;
- a first indicator configured to indicate that the object is in the blind spot zone of said vehicle;
- a controller operably coupled with at least one of the sensor and the first indicator, wherein the controller may be activated and deactivated by a user;
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- a second indicator configured to indicate that the controller has been deactivated.
A vehicular blind spot detection system for alerting a driver of a motor vehicle to an object in a blind spot zone of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a first indicator disposed on an outside rearview assembly, the first indicator activating when said object is in said blind spot zone of said vehicle;
- a controller including an interface and operably coupled with at least one of a sensor and the first indicator, wherein the controller is configured to activate and deactivate at least one of the sensor and the first indicator, and wherein the interface is configured to receive instructions from a user which results in the controller activating and deactivating the at least one of the sensor and the first indicator;
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- a second indicator configured to indicate that the controller has deactivated the at least one of the sensor and the first indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.