Monitoring device for vehicles, in particular, motor vehicles
AssigneeReitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG
InventorHans-Clemens Steffel
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Abstract
A monitoring device for vehicles has a housing and at least one mirror glass arranged in the housing so as to have a front side facing an observer. The at least one mirror glass has a reflective layer being reflective in the visible spectral range of light. At least one camera is arranged behind the reflective layer in a viewing direction viewed from the front side. The monitoring device can be used for driver identification, monitoring the driver's condition, identifying passengers and passenger positions, controlling airbags, theft surveillance, and similar purposes.
Claims16
A monitoring device for vehicles, said monitoring device comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one electrochromic mirror glass arranged in said housing so as to have a front side facing an observer;
- said at least one electrochromic mirror glass comprising a reflective layer being reflective in the visible spectral range of light;
- at least one camera arranged behind said reflective layer in a viewing direction viewed from said front side, wherein said at least one camera takes images through the reflective layer wherein said electrochromic mirror glass has an electrochromic layer and wherein said reflective layer is arranged behind said view direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.