Communications: electrical – Land vehicle alarms or indicators – Of collision or contact with external object
Reexamination Certificate
1998-09-03
2001-01-16
Lefkowitz, Edward (Department: 2736)
Communications: electrical
Land vehicle alarms or indicators
Of collision or contact with external object
C340S435000, C340S903000, C340S937000, C348S148000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06175300
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to systems for viewing around a vehicle and more particularly pertains to a new blind spot viewing system for viewing the blind spot of a vehicle located to the passenger side of the vehicle towards the rear of the vehicle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of systems for viewing around a vehicle is known in the prior art. More specifically, systems for viewing around a vehicle heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,530,421; U.S. Pat. No. 4,910,591; U.S. Pat. No. 4,214,266; U.S. Pat. No. 2,259,614; U.S. Pat. No. 5,684,474; and U.S. Pat. No. 3,689,695.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new blind spot viewing system. The inventive device includes a video camera adapted for mounting to the passenger side of the vehicle adjacent the rear of the vehicle. The video camera has a lens facing in an outwards direction from the passenger side of the vehicle to collect images of objects in the driver's passenger side blind spot. A video monitor is electrically connected to the video camera. The video monitor is designed for positioning in the passenger compartment of the vehicle to permit a driver of the vehicle to view images from the video monitor.
In these respects, the blind spot viewing system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of viewing the blind spot of a vehicle located to the passenger side of the vehicle towards the rear of the vehicle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of systems for viewing around a vehicle now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new blind spot viewing system construction wherein the same can be utilized for viewing the blind spot of a vehicle located to the passenger side of the vehicle towards the rear of the vehicle.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new blind spot viewing system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the systems for viewing around a vehicle mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new blind spot viewing system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art systems for viewing around a vehicle, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a video camera adapted for mounting to the passenger side of the vehicle adjacent the rear of the vehicle. The video camera has a lens facing in an outwards direction from the passenger side of the vehicle to collect images of objects in the driver's passenger side blind spot. A video monitor is electrically connected to the video camera. The video monitor is designed for positioning in the passenger compartment of the vehicle to permit a driver of the vehicle to view images from the video monitor.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new blind spot viewing system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the systems for viewing around a vehicle mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new blind spot viewing system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art systems for viewing around a vehicle, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new blind spot viewing system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new blind spot viewing system which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new blind spot viewing system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such blind spot viewing system economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new blind spot viewing system which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new blind spot viewing system for viewing the blind spot of a vehicle located to the passenger side of the vehicle towards the rear of the vehicle.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new blind spot viewing system which includes a video camera adapted for mounting to the passenger side of the vehicle adjacent the rear of the vehicle. The video camera has a lens facing in an outwards direction from the passenger side of the vehicle to collect images of objects in the driver's passenger side blind spot. A video monitor is electrically connected to the video camera. The video monitor is designed for positioning in the passenger compartment of the vehicle to permit a driver of the vehicle to view images from the video monitor.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new blind spot viewing system that is mountable inside the passenger side rear turn signal and stop lamp assembly to view the driver's blind spot on the passenger side of the vehicle.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new blind spot viewing system that allows a user to view the blind spot of the vehicle while driving forwards and backwards. This he
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