Optical: systems and elements – Mirror – With support
Reexamination Certificate
2010-04-23
2010-10-19
Cherry, Euncha P (Department: 2872)
Optical: systems and elements
Mirror
With support
Reexamination Certificate
active
07815326
ABSTRACT:
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.
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Blank Rodney K.
Lynam Niall R.
Schierbeek Kenneth L.
Cherry Euncha P
Donnelly Corporation
Van Dyke Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP
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