Optical: systems and elements – Mirror – With a transmitting property
Patent
1997-07-10
2000-08-22
Spyrou, Cassandra
Optical: systems and elements
Mirror
With a transmitting property
359630, 349 11, G02B 508, G02B 2714
Patent
active
061061212
ABSTRACT:
A rear view mirror includes a transparent front glass that covers a matrix display, for example an LCD display. The matrix display is translucent when activated and transparent when inactive, and behind the matrix display is a mirror-backed rear glass. Thus, light can pass through the matrix display and reflect back off the mirror-backed rear glass. Consequently, the rear view mirror can assume its conventional function of presenting images of objects that are behind the vehicle, while the pixels of the matrix display can be activated to superimpose alpha-numeric characters on the images. The characters can represent vehicle speed, time, radio station data, or other vehicle control data.
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SAE Technical Paper No. 96C011 entitled A Comparison of Two Product Development Approaches: Seamless Electro-Mechanical Design and Mneumonic Design with Representative Products (Mirror/Display and REarward Display Accessible by Rearview Mirror) authored by Betty Lou McClanahan, Stephen J. Buckley, Brad Geilfuss and Pushpinder Singh, Feb. 1997.
Buckley Stephen J.
McClanahan Betty L.
Chrysler Corporation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robinson Mark A.
Spyrou Cassandra
Stec Jennifer M.
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