Rear view and multi-media system for vehicles
AssigneeLear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
InventorsSilviu Pala, Phil LeMay, Scott Shields, Terence Duncan, Michael Maass, Joseph Stevens, John McConnell, Jerome Ng, Ozer M. N. Teitelbaum
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Abstract
A vehicle display system includes a display which is selectively movable between a first position in which it is viewable by a driver and a second position in which it is viewable by the rear passengers but not the driver. In the first position, the display provides a rear view from a camera mounted at the rear of the vehicle. In the second position, the display provides entertainment to the passengers in the rear seats.
Claims36
A vehicle display system comprising:
- a display selectively movable between a first position viewable from a driver position and a second position viewable from a rear passenger position and not viewable from the driver position, said second position being positioned rearwardly of said first position and rearwardly of the driver position:
- a rearview camera selectively supplying a rearview video signal to said display when said display is in said first position, the rearview video signal selectively providing one of at least three views at different angles relative to the vehicle, wherein the views include a distant rearview, an adjacent rear view and an interior view of an interior portion of the vehicle;
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- a switch selectively sending the rearview video signal to said display when said display is in said first position and an entertainment video signal to said display when said display is in said second position.
A vehicle display system comprising:
- a display for selectively generating and displaying on a screen visual images represented by plural electrical video signals provided to said display, said video signals including a first video signal from a first source including at least one camera representing a view outside the vehicle and a second video signal from a second source having entertainment content;
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- a device for moving said display between a first position, wherein said screen is viewable from a driver position, and a second position, wherein said screen is viewable from a passenger position and is not viewable from the driver position, based upon the source of the video signal.
A method for displaying an image in a vehicle including the steps of:
- moving a display to a first position in a vehicle;
- providing a first video signal to the display when the display is in the first position;
- moving the display to a second position in the vehicle;
- providing a second video signal to the display when the display is in the second position;
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- monitoring a signal from a video source of the second video signal and moving the display to the second position based upon the signal from the video source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.