US 6,552,653 B2 · Communication system for a vehicle and vehicle accessory operation system that utilizes the communication system

Abstract

In order to provide a communication system for a vehicle and an vehicle accessory operation system that utilizes the communication system for a vehicle which can achieve lower cost and non-wire harness structure as long as possible, there is provided a communication system for a vehicle, the communication system comprising an inner view mirror provided with a first infrared ray projecting and receiving section that is capable of at least one of projecting and receiving an infrared ray, and at least one vehicle accessory other than the inner view mirror, which vehicle accessory is provided with a second infrared ray projecting and receiving section that is capable of at least one of projecting and receiving an infrared ray and that is disposed so as to communicate with the inner view.

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Dependent claims

A communication system for a vehicle, the communication system comprising:

an inner view mirror provided with a first infrared ray projecting and receiving section that is capable of projecting and receiving an infrared ray;
and
at least one vehicle accessory other than the inner view mirror, which vehicle accessory is provided with a second infrared ray projecting and receiving section that is capable of at least one of projecting and receiving an infrared ray and that is disposed so as to communicate with the inner view mirror.

A vehicle accessory operating system of a vehicle, wherein

the vehicle has a communication system which includes an inner view mirror provided with a first infrared ray projecting and receiving section that is capable of projecting and receiving an infrared ray, and which includes at least one vehicle accessory other than the inner view mirror, which vehicle accessory is provided with a second infrared ray projecting and receiving section that is capable of at least one of projecting and receiving an infrared ray and that is disposed so as to communicate with the inner view mirror,
at least one of the inner view mirror and the vehicle accessory is provided with an operating device, and
the operating device is operated by utilization of the communication system.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/816,064Filed 26 Mar 2001

Priority

JP 2000-09080529 Mar 2000

Published

US 2001/0026215 A14 Oct 2001

Granted

22 Apr 2003

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

B60R 25/102
Actuating a signalling device: a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security…
B60R 1/02
Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or…:…
B60R 25/1004
Actuating a signalling device: alarm systems characterised by the type of sensor, e.g. current sensing means
B60R 25/2081
Means to switch the anti-theft system on or off: combined with personal settings of other vehicle devices, e.g. mirrors, seats, steering wheels

Communication system for a vehicle and vehicle accessory operation system that utilizes the communication system

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Communication system for a vehicle and vehicle accessory operation system that utilizes the communication system

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