25results about "Rear-view mirrors" patented technology

The present disclosure relates to a rear view device (10) for a vehicle (100), the rear view device (10) comprising at least one indication unit (20) configured to provide an indication of a state of one or more systems (50, 60, 70, 80, 90) of the vehicle (100) depending on a stationary state of the vehicle (100).

A cabin illumination device is provided on a wall surface of a cabin of a vehicle and illuminates the cabin and includes: a light source disposed to emit light away from the wall surface; and a reflective member disposed to intersect a light axis of light emitted by the light source. The reflective member includes a first protruded surface disposed to intersect the light axis of the light source, and a portion of the reflective member is sloped downward in a direction away from an intersection of the light axis and the first protruded surface.

Rearview arrangement for a vehicle, the rearview arrangement encompassing: a reflective element designed to provide a driver of the vehicle with a rearward view in relation to the vehicle, wherein the reflective element is substantially transparent in an infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; an infrared lighting source arranged behind the reflective element and configured to emit infrared light through the reflective element to illuminate a field of view with infrared light, wherein the field of view comprises at least part of a vehicle interior; and an optical element arranged behind the reflective element and designed to direct infrared light from the infrared illumination source onto the field of view, comprising the optical element: a shaped section consisting of a visibly opaque material that is substantially transparent to infrared light, wherein the shaped section has a front surface and a rear surface; and a reflector arranged on the rear surface of the shaped section and designed to substantially reflect infrared light emitted by the illumination source that passes through the shaped section in the direction of the field of view.

A rearview mirror with a light is provided, which includes a lens, a housing, and a fixing mechanism. The lens is assembled on a front of the housing, the fixing mechanism is provide on the housing, and the lens is assembled with an original vehicle rearview mirror; a light groove is provided in the housing, and a light source is provided in the light groove; the light source is connected to a circuit board, and the circuit board is connected to a battery. The battery and circuit board are provided together in the housing, and the light source, circuit board, and battery are covered in the housing by the lens. After installing the entire rearview mirror on the original rearview mirror, only turning on the light source can illuminate the back of the lens, enabling a user to look in the mirror, apply makeup, etc. in dim conditions.

An imaging apparatus comprises a first light source configured to project a first illumination onto a vehicle occupant and a second light source configured to project a second illumination onto the vehicle occupant. The system further comprises an imager comprising a pixel array. A lens apparatus comprises a first lens comprising a first field of view and a second lens comprising a second field of view. At least one shutter is selectively controlled to transmit the first illumination from the first lens to the pixel array. The at least one shutter is further controlled to selectively transmit the second illumination from the second lens to the pixel array. The imager is configured to process the first illumination in the first field of view and the second illumination in the second field of view.

The utility model discloses an additional rearview mirror with a lamp, which comprises a lens, a shell and a fixing mechanism, the lens is assembled on the front side of the shell, the fixing mechanism is arranged on the shell, and the rearview mirror is assembled with an original rearview mirror through the fixing mechanism; a lamp groove is formed in the shell, and a light source is arranged in the lamp groove; the light source is connected with a circuit board, the circuit board is connected with a battery, the battery and the circuit board are installed in the shell together, and the light source, the circuit board and the battery are covered in the shell through the lens. According to the additional rearview mirror, the light source and the circuit board are arranged in the shell of the additional rearview mirror, after the whole additional rearview mirror is installed on an original automobile rearview mirror, light of the light source can irradiate the back face of the mirror piece only by turning on the light source, the illumination effect is achieved, and a user can look into the mirror, make up and the like without turning on the light in an automobile under the dark condition. The whole automobile rearview mirror is simple in structure, convenient and practical, and the effects of enlarging the reflecting area and providing the lighting function can be achieved without changing an original automobile rearview mirror.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a system is disclosed. The system may comprise a light assembly, an imager, and / or a controller. The light assembly may be configured to emit an array of illumination elements onto a scene. The imager may be configured to capture one or more images of the illumination elements projected onto the scene. The controller may be configured to selectively activate the light assembly between a first state and a second state. In the first and second sates, respectively, first and second groups of the illumination elements are selectively activated to emit first and second patterns of illumination elements.

A rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a housing having a bottom surface extending between a back surface and a front surface, and the front surface defines an opening. A transmission window is at least partially defined by the bottom surface. A glass element is at least partially aligned with the opening and defines a viewing surface. At least one printed circuit board is located between the glass element and the back surface of the housing. A monitoring system includes an image capturing module and a light module connected to the at least one PCB and positioned to generate an illumination towards the back surface or the bottom surface of the housing. An optical element is located between a transmission path of the illumination and the transmission window. The optical element is configured to redirect the illumination from the light module through the transmission window.

The present disclosure relates to a system (10, 10') comprising a light assembly for an illumination of a vehicle design element, comprising: one or more light pipes (1, 1', 1a, 1b), wherein each light pipe (1, 1', 1a, 1b) comprises a core (11'); one or more light sources (2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2'), disposed at least partially within an interior of the system, wherein each light source (2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2') is configured to emit light (20') based on at least receiving electrical power from an electrical power source, and each light source (2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2') is arranged adjacent to and directed towards at least one of the one or more light pipes (1, 1', 1a, 1b) such that the emitted light (20') results in reflected light (21') propagating within the core (11') and diffuse light (22') exiting the one or more light pipes (1, 1', 1a, 1b) along the same; and a lens (5') substantially enclosing the interior, the one or more light pipes (1, 1', 1a, 1b) and the one or more light sources (2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2'), wherein the lens (5'), having an inner surface and an outer surface disposed opposite the inner surface, is provided with a continuous transparent and / or translucent coating on the outer surface, with the one or more light sources (2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2') receiving electrical power from the electrical power source, the continuous transparent and / or translucent coating is at least partially permeable to at least some of the diffuse light (22') which is passed through the lens (5'), and the continuous transparent and / or translucent coating comprises a metal, an alloy or a conductive metalloid. The one or more light pipes (1, 1', 1a, 1b) comprise two or more light pipes (1, 1', 1a, 1b), wherein the two or more light pipes (1, 1',1a, 1b) at least partially overlap, providing at least one region of overlap to substantially close a loop, to provide a homogenous illumination of at least one 360° illumination window (41') when the one or more light sources (2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2') receive electrical power from the electrical power source.

The utility model relates to the technical field of automobile accessories, in particular to an intelligent driving lamp control system of an automobile decorating part, which comprises a central control module, and a rearview mirror decorating module, a rear windshield decorating module I and a rear windshield decorating module II which are connected with the central control module, the central control module controls intelligent driving prompt lamps on the rearview mirror decoration module, the first rear windshield decoration module and the second rear windshield decoration module to work and comprises a circuit board and a master control MCU arranged on the circuit board. The circuit board is also provided with a power supply circuit, a wireless transmission circuit, an information communication circuit and an LED control circuit which are connected with the master control MCU. The intelligent driving lamp is simple in structure, reasonable in design and convenient to assemble, the dynamic whole cabin effect can be created by controlling the intelligent driving lamp through artificial intelligence, the intelligent driving lamp effect is good, the vehicle grade feeling is high, and diversified use requirements of users can be met.

This device (10) is configured to be positioned at the top of a vehicle windshield (100) comprising a housing (20) and a rear-vision mirror (40) integrated into the housing (20) configured to reflect visible light to reproduce a road scene. It further comprises an optical module (60) including a source emitting a beam (F2) of infrared light, housed within the housing (20). The mirror (40) forms a dichroic optical component configured to allow the passage of infrared light through the mirror (40) and towards a predefined target area (Z), such as a driver's seat of the motor vehicle. Figure 1

A mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a housing and a partially reflective, partially transmissive element is located in the housing. A bezel assembly includes at least one localized region that is substantially opaque to a visible spectrum of light and substantially transmissive to an infrared spectrum of light. At least one illumination element is located in the housing and oriented to project infrared illumination through the at least one localized region.

An optical assembly disclosed as an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an illumination module having a resin layer, a light-emitting element positioned within the resin layer, and an exit surface that emits surface light toward one side; a reflection portion having a recess on a lower portion of an emission side of the illumination module, and having an aspheric curved surface on a bottom portion of the recess; and a transparent cover on the recess. The optical assembly can reflect surface light to a set area.

A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes a mirror head adjustably attached at a mounting structure configured to attach at an interior portion of a vehicle. The mirror head accommodates a camera and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) connected in series with each other. A switch is operable in an open state, where current provided by a current driver passes through each individual LED of the plurality of LEDs, and a closed state, where current provided by the current driver passes through a first subset of LEDs of the plurality of LEDs and bypasses a second subset of LEDs of the plurality of LEDs. The switch operates in the open state when the camera captures image data for a first vehicular function, such as occupant monitoring, and operates in the closed state when the camera captures image data for a second vehicular function, such as driver monitoring.

A rearview mirror assembly includes a primary housing that has an upper edge and a lower edge. A chin housing extends from the lower edge. A glass element is coupled to the primary housing and defines a viewing surface. A first printed circuit board (PC B) is located in the primary housing. A monitoring system includes an image capturing module and an illuminator that is connected to the first PCB proximate the lower edge of the primary housing. A reflective optic is at least partially located in the chin housing, the reflective optic is aligned with the illuminator and configured to redirect and spread a light from the illuminator within an interior cabin of an automobile.

A visor assembly includes a visor body. The visor body includes a front visor surface and a rear visor surface delimited by an outer perimeter. The outer perimeter includes an upper edge spaced from a lower edge by a pair of side edges. An optical stack is located within the outer perimeter and configured to switch between a transmissive state wherein light passes through the optical stack and a reflective state wherein light is reflected from a front surface of the optical stack back toward an intended viewer. An elongated light apparatus includes at least one illumination element oriented to generate light from the lower edge.

A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head adjustable about a mounting base that is configured to mount the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly at an interior portion of a vehicle. The mirror head accommodates a mirror casing and a mirror reflective element. A sensor casing is formed separate from the mirror casing and includes a plurality of capacitive touch sensors encapsulated within a wall structure of the sensor casing. The sensor casing is attached to the mirror casing such that an outer surface of the wall structure includes an outer surface of the mirror head. A system of the vehicle is controlled responsive to a user input at a portion of the outer surface of the wall structure of the sensor casing that corresponds to one or more of the plurality of capacitive touch sensors.

The disclosure relates to a rear-view device (10) for a vehicle (100), the rear-view device (10) comprising an indication unit (20) configured for a first vehicle function (F 1), the first vehicle function (F1) being to indicate a situation in an environment of the vehicle (100) provided by a driver information system (40) of the vehicle (100), wherein the indication unit (20) is further configured for a second vehicle function (F2) different from the first vehicle function (F1).

The optical assembly disclosed in the embodiment of the invention includes: a lighting module having a resin layer and a light emitting device inside the resin layer, and having an exit surface for emitting surface light to one side; a reflective portion having a recess in a lower portion of the exit side of the lighting module and an aspherical curved surface at the bottom of the recess; and a transparent cover on the recess to reflect the surface light to a set region.