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| 국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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| 국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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| 출원번호 | US-0209645 (2011-08-15) |
| 등록번호 | US-8121787 (2012-02-21) |
| 발명자 / 주소 |
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| 출원인 / 주소 |
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| 대리인 / 주소 |
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| 인용정보 | 피인용 횟수 : 38 인용 특허 : 1375 |
A video mirror system includes an interior electrochromic rearview mirror assembly mountable at an interior portion of a vehicle and a video display screen disposed to the rear of a rear portion of a reflective element. The video display screen emits light when actuated that passes through the trans
A video mirror system includes an interior electrochromic rearview mirror assembly mountable at an interior portion of a vehicle and a video display screen disposed to the rear of a rear portion of a reflective element. The video display screen emits light when actuated that passes through the transflective mirror reflector of the reflective element to be visible to a driver of the vehicle viewing the front portion of the reflective element. A camera having a field of view rearward of the vehicle is mounted to the rear of the vehicle and, during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle, a video output of the camera is displayed by the video screen so as to assist the driver in reversing the vehicle. The video display screen is operable to display at least one of (i) an instruction, (ii) an icon, (iii) a character, (iv) a symbol and (v) an indicia.
1. A video mirror system for a vehicle, said video mirror system comprising: an interior rearview mirror assembly mountable at an interior portion of a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising an electrochromic reflective element, said reflective element having a front portion that
1. A video mirror system for a vehicle, said video mirror system comprising: an interior rearview mirror assembly mountable at an interior portion of a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising an electrochromic reflective element, said reflective element having a front portion that faces generally towards a driver of the vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted in the vehicle, and having a rear portion that is generally opposite said front portion;wherein said reflective element comprises a third-surface transflective reflective element;said reflective element comprising a transflective mirror reflector;a video display screen disposed to the rear of said rear portion of said reflective element, said video display screen emitting light when actuated that passes through said transflective mirror reflector of said reflective element to be visible to a driver of the vehicle viewing said front portion of said reflective element;wherein said video display screen comprises a thin film transistor liquid crystal display element;said reflective element being at least about 15 percent transmitting to visible light incident at said rear portion of said reflective element at where said video display screen is disposed;wherein a camera having a field of view rearward of the vehicle is mounted to the rear of the vehicle and wherein, during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle, a video output of said camera is displayed by said video screen so as to assist the driver in reversing the vehicle;wherein said liquid crystal display element is back lit by a plurality of light emitting light emitting diodes;wherein the presence of said video display screen is only principally visible to the driver of the vehicle, who is viewing said interior rearview mirror assembly when it is mounted at the interior portion of the vehicle, when said liquid crystal display element is back lit;wherein said video mirror system comprises a user input disposed at said interior rearview mirror assembly;wherein said user input comprises at least one of (a) a manual input device and (b) a voice input device; andwherein said video display screen is operable to display at least one of (i) an instruction, (ii) an icon, (iii) a character, (iv) a symbol and (v) an indicia. 2. The video mirror system of claim 1, comprising a control operable to control at least one accessory of the vehicle in accordance with a characteristic of an occupant of the vehicle. 3. The video mirror system of claim 2, wherein said at least one accessory comprises said video display screen, and wherein said occupant of the vehicle is the driver of the vehicle. 4. The video mirror system of claim 3, wherein said control is operable to adjust the size of characters displayed on said video display screen in accordance with a characteristic of the driver of the vehicle. 5. The video mirror system of claim 4, wherein said control adjusts the size of characters displayed on said video display screen responsive to input associated with the driver of the vehicle. 6. The video mirror system of claim 5, wherein said input is provided via said user input disposed at said interior rearview mirror assembly. 7. The video mirror system of claim 4, wherein said adjustment is responsive to a biometric characteristic of the driver of the vehicle. 8. The video mirror system of claim 2, wherein said at least one accessory comprises a seat adjustment system operable to adjust a seat of the vehicle in accordance with a biometric characteristic of an occupant of the vehicle. 9. The video mirror system of claim 8, wherein said seat adjustment system is operable to adjust a seat of the vehicle in response to biometric data, said biometric data pertaining to the occupant of the seat of the vehicle. 10. The video mirror system of claim 9, wherein the occupant of the vehicle is the driver of the vehicle and wherein said at least one accessory comprises a mirror adjustment system that is operable to at least one of (a) adjust a setting of said interior rearview mirror assembly of the vehicle responsive at least in part to said biometric data and (b) adjust a setting of an exterior rearview mirror assembly of the vehicle responsive at least in part to said biometric data. 11. The video mirror system of claim 2, wherein said at least one accessory comprises a mirror adjustment system that is operable to at least one of (a) adjust a setting of said interior rearview mirror assembly of the vehicle and (b) adjust a setting of an exterior rearview mirror assembly of the vehicle. 12. The video mirror system of claim 11, wherein said mirror adjustment system is operable to at least one of (a) adjust a setting of said interior rearview mirror assembly of the vehicle in accordance with a biometric characteristic of the driver of the vehicle and (b) adjust a setting of an exterior rearview mirror assembly of the vehicle in accordance with a biometric characteristic of the driver of the vehicle. 13. The video mirror system of claim 1, comprising a control operable to communicate with an external service provider via a wireless communication link between the vehicle and the external service provider. 14. The video mirror system of claim 13, wherein said control receives an input from the driver of the vehicle, and responsive thereto, establishes said wireless communication link between the vehicle and the external service provider. 15. The video mirror system of claim 13, wherein said control controls at least one accessory of the vehicle responsive to at least one of (a) a geographic location of the vehicle as determined by a global positioning system of the vehicle and (b) a biometric characteristic of an occupant of the vehicle. 16. The video mirror system of claim 13, wherein data from the external service provider is downloaded to said control via said wireless communication link, and wherein said control comprises memory for storing downloaded data at least after said wireless communication link established between said control and the external service provider is disconnected. 17. The video mirror system of claim 16, wherein said downloaded data comprises downloaded driving instruction data useful for instructing the driver of the vehicle how to drive from an initial location to a destination location, and wherein driving instructions derived at least in part from said downloaded driving instruction data are displayed by said video display screen for viewing by the driver of the vehicle. 18. The video mirror system of claim 17, wherein said driving instructions are displayed by said video display screen in a step-by-step manner, with at least some driving instruction steps being displayed by said video display screen after said wireless communication link between said control and the external service provider is disconnected. 19. The video mirror system of claim 17, wherein said driving instructions comprise at least two driving instructions with each of said at least two driving instructions being coded or associated with or linked to a respective geographic location, and wherein each driving instruction is displayed by said video display screen only when the then current actual geographic position of the vehicle at least generally corresponds to the particular geographic location coded or associated with or linked to said each driving instruction. 20. The video mirror system of claim 17, wherein said control provides an alert to the driver of the vehicle when the actual geographic position of the vehicle is not where it should be. 21. The video mirror system of claim 13, wherein said control comprises, at least in part, an element of a vehicular telematics system. 22. The video mirror system of claim 13, wherein said control comprises, at least in part, a link to an element of a portable accessory in the vehicle. 23. A video display system for a vehicle, said video display system comprising: an interior rearview mirror assembly mountable at an interior portion of a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising an electrochromic reflective element, said reflective element having a front portion that faces generally towards a driver of the vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted in the vehicle, and having a rear portion that is generally opposite said front portion;a video display screen disposed in the vehicle, said video display screen emitting light when actuated to be visible to a driver of the vehicle viewing said video display screen;wherein a camera having a field of view rearward of the vehicle is mounted to the rear of the vehicle and wherein, during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle, a video output of said camera is displayed by said video display screen so as to assist the driver in reversing the vehicle;wherein said video display system comprises a user input disposed at said interior rearview mirror assembly;wherein said user input comprises at least one of (a) a manual input device and (b) a voice input device;wherein said video display screen is operable to display at least one of (i) an instruction, (ii) an icon, (iii) a character, (iv) a symbol and (v) an indicia; anda control operable to adjust the size of said at least one of (i) an instruction, (ii) an icon, (iii) a character, (iv) a symbol and (v) an indicia displayed on said video display screen responsive to input associated with the driver of the vehicle. 24. The video display system of claim 23, wherein said input is provided via said user input disposed at said interior rearview mirror assembly. 25. The video display system of claim 23, wherein said adjustment is responsive to a biometric characteristic of the driver of the vehicle. 26. The video display system of claim 23, wherein said video display screen comprises an organic light emitting diode display. 27. The video display system of claim 23, wherein said reflective element comprises a third-surface transflective reflective element and wherein said reflective element comprises a transflective mirror reflector, and wherein said video display screen is disposed to the rear of said rear portion of said reflective element, and wherein the presence of said video display screen is only principally visible to the driver of the vehicle, who is viewing said interior rearview mirror assembly when it is mounted at the interior portion of the vehicle, when said liquid crystal display element is back lit. 28. A video display system for a vehicle, said video display system comprising: an interior rearview mirror assembly mountable at an interior portion of a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising an electrochromic reflective element, said reflective element having a front portion that faces generally towards a driver of the vehicle when said interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted in the vehicle, and having a rear portion that is generally opposite said front portion;wherein said reflective element comprises a third-surface transflective reflective element;said reflective element comprising a transflective mirror reflector;a video display screen disposed to the rear of said rear portion of said reflective element, said video display screen, when actuated, emitting light through said transflective mirror reflector to be visible to a driver of the vehicle viewing said video display screen;wherein a camera having a field of view rearward of the vehicle is mounted to the rear of the vehicle and wherein, during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle, a video output of said camera is displayed by said video display screen so as to assist the driver in reversing the vehicle;wherein the presence of said video display screen is only principally visible to the driver of the vehicle, who is viewing said interior rearview mirror assembly when it is mounted at the interior portion of the vehicle, when said liquid crystal display element is back lit;wherein said video display system comprises a user input disposed at said interior rearview mirror assembly;wherein said video display screen is operable to display at least one of (i) an instruction, (ii) an icon, (iii) a character, (iv) a symbol and (v) an indicia; anda control operable to adjust the size of said at least one of (i) an instruction, (ii) an icon, (iii) a character, (iv) a symbol and (v) an indicia displayed on said video display screen responsive to input associated with the driver of the vehicle. 29. The video display system of claim 28, wherein said input is provided via said user input disposed at said interior rearview mirror assembly. 30. The video display system of claim 28, wherein said user input comprises a manual input device. 31. The video display system of claim 28, wherein said user input comprises at least one of (a) a manual input device and (b) a voice input device. 32. The video display system of claim 28, wherein said adjustment is responsive to a biometric characteristic of the driver of the vehicle.
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