US 7,328,103 B2 · Navigation system for a vehicle

Abstract

An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective element. An information display is at the interior rearview mirror assembly and displays information for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. The information display may be located behind the reflective element and viewable through the reflective element by the driver of the vehicle. The mirror system includes a handheld device having a position locator and being capable of establishing a geographical position of the handheld device. The information displayed by the information display is derived at least in part via a wireless communication link with the handheld device. The information display may include a display of turn-by-turn information for viewing by the driver of the vehicle. The information display may comprise a video screen.

Claims44

Dependent claims

An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror system comprising:

an interior rearview mirror assembly, said rearview mirror assembly including a reflective element;
said interior rearview mirror system further comprising an information display at said interior rearview mirror assembly, said information display displaying information for viewing by a driver of the vehicle, said information display located behind said reflective element and viewable through said reflective element by the driver of the vehicle;
said interior rearview mirror system further comprising a handheld device, said handheld device having a position locator and being capable of establishing a geographical position of said handheld device;
said information displayed by said information display being derived at least in part via a wireless communication link with said handheld device;
and
wherein said information display includes a display of turn-by-turn information for viewing by the driver of the vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/644,036Filed 22 Dec 2006 · continuation

Priority

24 Nov 1999

Published

US 2007/0162229 A112 Jul 2007

Granted

5 Feb 2008

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

B60R 1/04
Rear-view mirror arrangements: mounted inside vehicle
B60R 1/12
Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or…:…
B60R 11/0247
For radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof: for microphones or earphones
G01C 21/34
Specially adapted for navigation in a road network: route searching; Route guidance

Family

Application09/449,121Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 24 Nov 1999

Application60/187,960Us provisional application · filed 9 Mar 2000

Application09/799,414Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Mar 2001

Application10/287,178Parent of this continuation · filed 4 Nov 2002

Application10/755,627Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Jan 2004

US 2007/0162229 A1Pre-grant publication · published 12 Jul 2007

US 7,158,881 B2Parent of this continuation

US 6,678,614 B2Parent of this continuation

US 6,477,464 B2Parent of this continuation

US 6,428,172 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part

Application10/755,627Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2001/0039475 A1Published application

US 2003/0065444 A1Published application

US 2004/0148102 A1Published application

US 7,328,103 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Navigation system for a vehicle

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Navigation system for a vehicle

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Abstract

Claims44