US 9,317,742 B2 · Rearview mirror system for vehicle

Abstract

A rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly mounted at the interior surface of a windshield of the vehicle. A camera is incorporated into the interior rearview mirror assembly and has a field of view toward a front seat of the vehicle so as to capture images of an occupant of the vehicle. The camera captures image data. An image processor is provided with image data captured by the camera. The image processor image processes image data captured by the camera. The image processor, responsive at least in part to image processing of image data captured by the camera, recognizes movement. The movement comprises a hand gesture made by the occupant of the vehicle.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A rearview mirror system for a vehicle, said rearview mirror system comprising:

an interior rearview mirror assembly;
said interior rearview mirror assembly mounted at the interior surface of a windshield of a vehicle equipped with said rearview mirror system;
a camera incorporated into said interior rearview mirror assembly;
said camera incorporated into said interior rearview mirror assembly having a field of view toward a front seat of the equipped vehicle so as to capture images of an occupant of the equipped vehicle;
said camera capturing image data;
an image processor;
said image processor provided with image data captured by said camera;
said image processor image processing image data captured by said camera;
said image processor, responsive at least in part to image processing of image data captured by said camera, recognizing movement;
and
wherein said movement comprises a hand gesture made by said occupant of the equipped vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/556,340Filed 1 Dec 2014 · continuation

Priority

27 Sep 2006

Published

US 2015/0085127 A126 Mar 2015

Granted

19 Apr 2016

Term ends

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Classification64 codes

G06V 40/28
Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition: recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language
B60K 35/10
Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles: input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle,…
B60K 35/22
Using visual output, e.g. blinking lights or matrix displays: display screens
B60K 35/23
Using visual output, e.g. blinking lights or matrix displays: head-up displays [HUD]

Family

Application60/847,502Us provisional application · filed 27 Sep 2006

Application60/850,700Us provisional application · filed 10 Oct 2006

Application60/879,619Us provisional application · filed 10 Jan 2007

Application60/900,282Us provisional application · filed 8 Feb 2007

Application60/901,514Us provisional application · filed 13 Feb 2007

Application60/902,280Us provisional application · filed 20 Feb 2007

Application60/896,134Us provisional application · filed 21 Mar 2007

Application11/861,904Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Sep 2007

Application13/097,576Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Apr 2011

US 7,937,667 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 3 May 2011

US 8,904,308 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Dec 2014

US 2015/0085127 A1Pre-grant publication · published 26 Mar 2015

US 2008/0077882 A1Published application

US 2011/0202862 A1Published application

US 9,317,742 B2This patent

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

Rearview mirror system for vehicle

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Abstract

Claims20