US 2019/0315276 A1 · REARVIEW MIRROR APPARATUS AND CAR THEREOF

Abstract

A rearview mirror apparatus for connecting to a car includes a rearview mirror device pivoted to the car, first and second gear devices, a monitoring device, and a controller coupled to the first and second gear devices. The first gear device is connected to the rearview mirror device for rotating the rearview mirror device relative to the car. The monitoring device is pivoted to the rearview mirror device for monitoring a surrounding area of the car. The second gear device is connected to the monitoring device for rotating the monitoring device relative to the rearview mirror device. When the controller controls the first gear device to rotate the rearview mirror device by a pivoting angle, the controller controls the second gear device to rotate the monitoring device by a compensation angle according to the pivoting angle for aligning the monitoring device with the surrounding area.

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Dependent claims

A rearview mirror apparatus for connecting to a car, the rearview mirror apparatus comprising:

a first rearview mirror device pivoted to a first lateral side of the car;
a first gear device connected to the first rearview mirror device for driving the first rearview mirror device to rotate relative to the car;
a first monitoring device pivoted to the first rearview mirror device for monitoring a first surrounding area of the car;
a second gear device connected to the first monitoring device for driving the first monitoring device to rotate relative to the first rearview mirror device;
and
a controller electrically connected to the first gear device and the second gear device respectively, the controller controlling the second gear device to rotate the first monitoring device by a first compensation angle according to a first pivoting angle for aligning the first monitoring device with the first surrounding area when the controller controls the first gear device to rotate the first rearview mirror device by the first pivoting angle relative to the car.

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A car comprising:

a car body;
a rearview mirror apparatus connected to the car body, the rearview mirror apparatus comprising:
a rearview mirror device pivoted to a lateral side of the car body;
a first gear device connected to the rearview mirror device for driving the rearview mirror device to rotate relative to the car body;
a monitoring device pivoted to the rearview mirror device for monitoring a surrounding area of the car body;
and
a second gear device connected to the monitoring device for driving the monitoring device to rotate relative to the rearview mirror device;
and
a controller disposed in one of the car body and the rearview mirror apparatus and electrically connected to the first gear device and the second gear device respectively, the controller controlling the second gear device to rotate the monitoring device by a compensation angle according to a pivoting angle for aligning the monitoring device with the surrounding area when the controller controls the first gear device to rotate the rearview mirror device by the pivoting angle relative to the car body.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Rearview mirror apparatus and car thereof

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Rearview mirror apparatus and car thereof

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Abstract

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