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Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 | UP-0766160 (2010-04-23) |
등록번호 | US-7815326 (2010-11-08) |
발명자 / 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 | 피인용 횟수 : 97 인용 특허 : 946 |
An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly, a casing, a transflective reflective element, a compass sensor and a control. An information display disposed behind said reflective element whereby information displayed by the information display is vie
An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly, a casing, a transflective reflective element, a compass sensor and a control. An information display disposed behind said reflective element whereby information displayed by the information display is viewable through the transflective reflector by a driver of a vehicle when the information display is displaying information. At least a portion of the control is disposed within the mirror casing and behind the reflective element, and another portion of the control is disposed at the mounting structure. The other portion of control may include a forward facing imaging array that is part of at least one of (a) a headlamp controller of the vehicle, (b) an object detection system of the vehicle, (c) a rain sensor of the vehicle and (d) a lane departure warning system of the vehicle.
The invention claimed is: 1. An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror system comprising: an interior rearview mirror assembly; a mirror casing and a reflective element, said reflective element comprising a transflective reflective element having a transflectiv
The invention claimed is: 1. An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror system comprising: an interior rearview mirror assembly; a mirror casing and a reflective element, said reflective element comprising a transflective reflective element having a transflective reflector that is partially transmitting of light therethrough and partially reflecting of light incident thereon; wherein said reflective element is at least 15 percent transmissive of visible light incident at a rear of said reflective element; an information display disposed behind said reflective element whereby information displayed by said information display is viewable through said transflective reflector by a driver of a vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle and when said information display is displaying information, and wherein said information display is substantially non-viewable through said transflective reflector by the driver of the vehicle when said information display is not displaying information; wherein said reflective element provides a field of view rearward of the vehicle to a driver of the vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle, and wherein a mounting structure mounts said mirror casing to an interior portion of the vehicle, and wherein said mirror casing is adjustable relative to the interior portion of the vehicle via at least one pivot element of said mounting structure to adjust the rearward field of view of said reflective element when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a compass sensor having magnetoresponsive sensing elements; wherein said transflective reflective element comprises an electrochromic reflective element having an electrochromic medium sandwiched between two substrates; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a control; wherein at least a portion of said control is disposed within said mirror casing and behind said reflective element; wherein another portion of said control is disposed at said mounting structure, and wherein said another portion of said control comprises a forward facing CMOS imaging array with a field of view through the windshield of the vehicle, and wherein said forward facing CMOS imaging array is part of at least one of (a) a headlamp controller of the vehicle, (b) an object detection system of the vehicle, (c) a rain sensor of the vehicle and (d) a lane departure warning system of the vehicle; wherein (i) said control is responsive to a sensing of a magnetic field by said sensing elements and (ii) said control comprises a photosensor; wherein said control determines a directional heading of the vehicle responsive to said sensing by said sensing elements, said control automatically compensating for a deviating magnetic field; wherein said control controls dimming of said electrochromic medium responsive at least in part to detection of light by said photosensor; wherein said information display displays the directional heading of the vehicle; wherein electrical wiring connects to circuitry of at least the portion of said control that is disposed within said mirror casing and wherein said electrical wiring passes through said at least one pivot element of said mounting structure; wherein said control comprises at least one of (i) an A/D converter, (ii) a D/A converter, (iii) memory, (iv) signal processing circuitry, (v) filtering circuitry and (vi) a display driver; and wherein said control comprises a bus interface for a network bus of the vehicle. 2. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 1, wherein said compass sensor comprises a three-axis compass sensor, and wherein said magnetoresponsive sensing elements comprise first, second and third magnetoresponsive sensing elements. 3. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 1, wherein said information display comprises a video display, and wherein said video display is operable to display video images captured by a rearward facing camera of the vehicle, and wherein said video display comprises a backlit thin film transistor liquid crystal display. 4. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 3, wherein said video display is operable to display the directional heading. 5. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 1, wherein said compass sensor is disposed in said mirror casing and behind and supported by said reflective element. 6. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 5, wherein said control is operable to discern between a change in said sensing by said magnetoresponsive sensing elements that is indicative of an adjustment of said mirror casing by the occupant of the vehicle and a change in said sensing by said magnetoresponsive sensing elements that is indicative of a change in vehicle direction, and wherein said control enters a rapid compensating mode when the change in said sensing by said magnetoresponsive sensing elements is indicative of an adjustment of said mirror casing by the occupant of the vehicle, and wherein said control automatically exits said rapid compensating mode after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since determination of the mirror casing adjustment. 7. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 1, wherein said at least one pivot element comprises two pivot elements that are part of a double pivot mounting structure, and wherein said electrical wiring passes through both of said pivot elements of said double pivot mounting structure. 8. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 1, wherein said mounting structure comprises a mount for mounting said mirror assembly to a mirror mounting button attached at an interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle. 9. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 1, wherein at least one of (a) said compass sensor comprises circuitry for operation of said compass sensor when a power source is connected to said compass sensor, and (b) said magnetoresponsive sensing elements and at least a portion of said control are established on a semiconductor substrate having an area of less than two square centimeters. 10. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 1, wherein said compass sensor comprises one of a Hall effect sensor and a magnetoinductive sensor. 11. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 1, wherein said compass sensor is oriented in a manner that reduces the effect of a mirror casing adjustment on the compass sensor output. 12. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 1, wherein said control is responsive to sensings of a magnetic field by said magnetoresponsive sensing elements, and wherein said control determines the directional heading of the vehicle responsive to said sensings by said magnetoresponsive sensing elements, and wherein said control is operable to discern between a change in said sensings by said magnetoresponsive sensing elements that is indicative of a mirror casing adjustment and a change in said sensings by said magnetoresponsive sensing elements that is indicative of a change in vehicle direction. 13. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 12, wherein said control enters a rapid compensating mode when the change in said sensings by said magnetoresponsive sensing elements is indicative of a mirror casing adjustment by the occupant of the vehicle, and wherein said control automatically exits said rapid compensating mode after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since determination of the mirror casing adjustment. 14. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 1, wherein said control is operable to enter an initial rapid compensating mode in response to an ignition cycle of the vehicle to achieve at least an approximate compensation for a deviating magnetic field of the vehicle, and wherein said control automatically exits said rapid compensating mode and enters a less aggressive calibration mode that distinguishes the Earth's magnetic field from magnetic anomalies and non-abrupt changes in the vehicle magnetic signature, and wherein said control automatically exits said rapid compensating mode after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the ignition cycle. 15. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 1, wherein said control is operable in an automatic compensation mode to achieve at least an approximate compensation for a deviating magnetic field of the vehicle and wherein the automatic compensation does not require the vehicle to turn through a 360 degree circle to compensate for a deviating magnetic field of the vehicle. 16. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 1, wherein said information display comprises at least one of (a) a vacuum fluorescent display, (b) a light emitting diode display, (c) an electroluminescent display, (d) a liquid crystal display, (e) a backlit thin film transistor liquid crystal display and (f) a video screen display. 17. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 1, wherein said control controls an illumination source via pulse width modulation. 18. An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror system comprising: an interior rearview mirror assembly; a mirror casing and a reflective element, said reflective element comprising a transflective reflective element having a transflective reflector that is partially transmitting of light therethrough and partially reflecting of light incident thereon; an information display disposed behind said reflective element whereby information displayed by said information display is viewable through said transflective reflector by a driver of a vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle and when said information display is displaying information, and wherein said information display is substantially non-viewable through said transflective reflector by the driver of the vehicle when said information display is not displaying information; wherein said information display comprises a video display, and wherein said video display is operable to display video images captured by a rearward facing camera of the vehicle, and wherein said video display comprises a backlit thin film transistor liquid crystal display; wherein said reflective element provides a field of view rearward of the vehicle to a driver of the vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle, and wherein a mounting structure mounts said mirror casing to an interior portion of the vehicle, and wherein said mirror casing is adjustable relative to the interior portion of the vehicle via at least one pivot element of said mounting structure to adjust the rearward field of view of said reflective element when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle; wherein said mounting structure comprises a mount for mounting said mirror assembly to a mirror mounting button attached at an interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a compass sensor having magnetoresponsive sensing elements; wherein said transflective reflective element comprises an electrochromic reflective element having an electrochromic medium sandwiched between two substrates; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a control; wherein at least a portion of said control is disposed within said mirror casing and behind said reflective element; wherein another portion of said control is disposed at said mounting structure, and wherein said another portion of said control comprises a forward facing CMOS imaging array with a field of view through the windshield of the vehicle, and wherein said forward facing CMOS imaging array is part of at least one of (a) a headlamp controller of the vehicle, (b) an object detection system of the vehicle, (c) a rain sensor of the vehicle and (d) a lane departure warning system of the vehicle; wherein (i) said control is responsive to a sensing of a magnetic field by said sensing elements and (ii) said control comprises a photosensor; wherein said control determines a directional heading of the vehicle responsive to said sensing by said sensing elements; wherein said control controls dimming of said electrochromic medium responsive at least in part to detection of light by said photosensor; wherein said video display is operable to display the directional heading of the vehicle; wherein electrical wiring connects to circuitry of at least the portion of said control that is disposed within said mirror casing and wherein said electrical wiring passes through said at least one pivot element of said mounting structure; and wherein said control comprises at least one of (i) an A/D converter, (ii) a D/A converter, (iii) memory, (iv) signal processing circuitry, (v) filtering circuitry, (vi) a display driver and (vii) a bus interface. 19. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 18, wherein said control comprises a bus interface for a network bus of the vehicle. 20. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 18, wherein said reflective element is at least 15 percent transmissive of visible light incident at a rear of said reflective element, and wherein said control automatically compensates for a deviating magnetic field. 21. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 18, wherein said interior rearview mirror system is in communication with at least one other accessory of the vehicle via a network bus of the vehicle. 22. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 18, wherein said compass sensor is disposed in said mirror casing and behind and supported by said reflective element. 23. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 18, wherein said at least one pivot element comprises two pivot elements that are part of a double pivot mounting structure, and wherein said electrical wiring passes through both of said pivot elements of said double pivot mounting structure. 24. An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror system comprising: an interior rearview mirror assembly; a mirror casing and a reflective element, said reflective element comprising a transflective reflective element having a transflective reflector that is partially transmitting of light therethrough and partially reflecting of light incident thereon; an information display disposed behind said reflective element whereby information displayed by said information display is viewable through said transflective reflector by a driver of a vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle and when said information display is displaying information, and wherein said information display is substantially non-viewable through said transflective reflector by the driver of the vehicle when said information display is not displaying information; wherein said reflective element provides a field of view rearward of the vehicle to a driver of the vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle, and wherein a mounting structure mounts said mirror casing to an interior portion of the vehicle, and wherein said mirror casing is adjustable relative to the interior portion of the vehicle via at least one pivot element of said mounting structure to adjust the rearward field of view of said reflective element when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a compass sensor having magnetoresponsive sensing elements; wherein said transflective reflective element comprises an electrochromic reflective element having an electrochromic medium sandwiched between two substrates; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a control; wherein at least a portion of said control is disposed within said mirror casing and behind said reflective element; wherein another portion of said control is disposed at said mounting structure, and wherein said another portion of said control comprises a forward facing CMOS imaging array with a field of view through the windshield of the vehicle, and wherein said forward facing CMOS imaging array is part of at least one of (a) a headlamp controller of the vehicle and an object detection system of the vehicle, and (b) a headlamp controller of the vehicle and a lane departure warning system of the vehicle; wherein (i) said control is responsive to a sensing of a magnetic field by said sensing elements and (ii) said control comprises a photosensor; wherein said control determines a directional heading of the vehicle responsive to said sensing by said sensing elements; wherein said control controls dimming of said electrochromic medium responsive at least in part to detection of light by said photosensor; wherein said information display displays the directional heading of the vehicle; wherein electrical wiring connects to circuitry of at least the portion of said control that is disposed within said mirror casing and wherein said electrical wiring passes through said at least one pivot element of said mounting structure; and wherein said control comprises at least one of (i) an A/D converter, (ii) a D/A converter, (iii) memory, (iv) signal processing circuitry, (v) filtering circuitry and (vi) a display driver. 25. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 24, wherein said compass sensor comprises a three-axis compass sensor, and wherein said magnetoresponsive sensing elements comprise first, second and third magnetoresponsive sensing elements. 26. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 25, wherein said information display comprises a video display, and wherein said video display is operable to display video images captured by a rearward facing camera of the vehicle, and wherein said video display comprises a backlit thin film transistor liquid crystal display, and wherein said reflective element is at least 15 percent transmissive of visible light incident at a rear of said reflective element. 27. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 26, wherein said video display is operable to display the directional heading. 28. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 27, wherein said control comprises a bus interface for a network bus of the vehicle. 29. An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror system comprising: an interior rearview mirror assembly; a mirror casing and a reflective element, said reflective element comprising a transflective reflective element having a transflective reflector that is partially transmitting of light therethrough and partially reflecting of light incident thereon; an information display disposed behind said reflective element whereby information displayed by said information display is viewable through said transflective reflector by a driver of a vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle and when said information display is displaying information, and wherein said information display is substantially non-viewable through said transflective reflector by the driver of the vehicle when said information display is not displaying information; wherein said reflective element provides a field of view rearward of the vehicle to a driver of the vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle, and wherein a mounting structure mounts said mirror casing to an interior portion of the vehicle, and wherein said mirror casing is adjustable relative to the interior portion of the vehicle via at least one pivot element of said mounting structure to adjust the rearward field of view of said reflective element when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle; wherein said information display comprises a video display, and wherein said video display is operable to display video images captured by a rearward facing camera of the vehicle, and wherein said video display comprises a backlit thin film transistor liquid crystal display; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a compass sensor having magnetoresponsive sensing elements, and wherein said compass sensor comprises a three-axis compass sensor, and wherein said magnetoresponsive sensing elements comprise first, second and third magnetoresponsive sensing elements; wherein said transflective reflective element comprises an electrochromic reflective element having an electrochromic medium sandwiched between two substrates; wherein said interior rearview mirror assembly comprises a control; wherein at least a portion of said control is disposed within said mirror casing and behind said reflective element; wherein another portion of said control is disposed at said mounting structure, and wherein said another portion of said control comprises a forward facing CMOS imaging array with a field of view through the windshield of the vehicle, and wherein said forward facing CMOS imaging array is part of a headlamp controller of the vehicle and is part of a lane departure warning system of the vehicle; wherein (i) said control is responsive to a sensing of a magnetic field by said sensing elements and (ii) said control comprises a photosensor; wherein said control determines a directional heading of the vehicle responsive to said sensing by said sensing elements; wherein said control controls dimming of said electrochromic medium responsive at least in part to detection of light by said photosensor; wherein said information display displays the directional heading of the vehicle; wherein electrical wiring connects to circuitry of at least the portion of said control that is disposed within said mirror casing and wherein said electrical wiring passes through said at least one pivot element of said mounting structure; wherein said control comprises at least one of (i) an A/D converter, (ii) a D/A converter, (iii) memory, (iv) signal processing circuitry, (v) filtering circuitry and (vi) a display driver; and wherein said control comprises a bus interface for a network bus of the vehicle. 30. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 29, wherein said video display is operable to display the directional heading. 31. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 30, wherein said reflective element is at least 15 percent transmissive of visible light incident at a rear of said reflective element. 32. The interior rearview mirror system of claim 31, wherein said interior rearview mirror system is in communication with at least one other accessory of the vehicle via said network bus of the vehicle.
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