Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle rearview mirror system
- Patent Title (中): 车后视镜系统
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Application No.: US13665954Application Date: 2012-11-01
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Publication No.: US08674285B2Publication Date: 2014-03-18
- Inventor: John P. Drummond , Kenneth Schofield
- Applicant: Donnelly Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Holland
- Assignee: Donnelly Corporation
- Current Assignee: Donnelly Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Holland
- Agency: Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP
- Main IPC: H01J40/14
- IPC: H01J40/14 ; G01J1/44

Abstract:
A vehicle interior rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective element and ambient and glare light sensors. A control circuit is operable to establish a reflectance level of the reflective element. At least one of (a) the mirror system includes a charge accumulation device selectively connected with the ambient or glare light sensor and the control circuit establishes the ambient and glare light levels as a function of time for an output of the charge accumulation device to reach a reference level when connected to the respective light sensor, (b) a common element is used to measure outputs of the light sensors sequentially to correspond errors due to component variations, and (c) the mirror system includes temperature compensation of the glare and/or ambient light sensor and the temperature compensation is responsive to a reference light sensor that is substantially not exposed to light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130048835A1 VEHICLE REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2013-02-28
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