公开(公告)号：US12151615B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US18522848

申请日：2023-11-29

Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.

Inventor： Thomas Baggi ,  Francis Charlet ,  David Gaskin ,  Andrew Lettis ,  Benjamin Bruhin ,  Wilfried Bonny

IPC: B60R1/06

Abstract: A housing for a rear view element of a rear view device for a vehicle includes a scalp portion comprising a first circumferential edge being c-shaped extending at least partially around an opening of the scalp portion, and a bezel comprising a second circumferential edge having a lip portion extending at least partially around the bezel. The c-shaped first circumferential edge of the scalp portion is configured to at least partly overlap the lip portion to obtain a flush surface at a separation edge which is located at least partly at an inside panel of the bezel.

公开(公告)号：US11794649B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US17543866

申请日：2021-12-07

Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.

Inventor： Andrew Lettis ,  Graham Rehill ,  Callum Scott-Collins

IPC: B60R1/072 ,  B60R1/12 ,  B60R1/08 ,  B60R1/074 ,  B60R1/06

CPC classification number: B60R1/072 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/074 ,  B60R1/081 ,  B60R1/1207 ,  B60R2001/1223 ,  B60R2001/1253 ,  B60R2300/8026

Abstract: A rearview device for a motor vehicle includes a moveable head assembly, an actuator assembly having a fixed part and a moveable part, the moveable part being attached to the head assembly, a motor cradle configured to attach the actuator assembly to the moveable head assembly. A method of assembling a rearview device comprises providing the rearview device and attaching the actuator assembly to the moveable head assembly using the motor cradle.

公开(公告)号：US11519746B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-06

申请号：US16633469

申请日：2018-07-23

Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.

Inventor： Nils Arne Müller ,  Andreas Herrmann

IPC: G01C21/36 ,  G01S19/42 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06V20/58 ,  B60K35/00

Abstract: A method includes determining the position of the motor vehicle, identifying at least one object not relevant to road traffic as an object in the landscape in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, depending on the determined position, detecting at least the direction of view of a passenger as an occupant of the motor vehicle, and providing a display with information about the at least one object in the landscape viewed by the passenger, such that said information is provided in the direct field of view of the passenger, as defined by the direction of view of the same, in the same place as the object.

公开(公告)号：US11305696B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-19

申请号：US16799238

申请日：2020-02-24

Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.

Inventor： Steve Horne ,  Andrew Lettis ,  Graham Rehill ,  Andreas Herrmann

IPC: B60R1/12 ,  F21S43/237 ,  F21S43/249 ,  F21S43/14 ,  F21S43/19 ,  F21S43/245 ,  B60Q1/26 ,  F21S43/27 ,  B60Q9/00

Abstract: An external rearview device for a motor vehicle includes a housing, and one or more of at least one light emitting or a receiving device, including one or more of at least one light producing device or at least one camera device arranged within the housing, and at least one at least partially transparent element closing an opening provided by the housing, the at least partially transparent element being provided in form of a first module attached to the housing, and the one or more of the light producing device or the camera device being provided in form of a second module attached to the first module, the first module and the second module being mechanically releaseably coupled.

公开(公告)号：US11260831B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-01

申请号：US16463317

申请日：2017-11-13

Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.

Inventor： Henrik Schäfer

IPC: B60S1/38 ,  B60S1/08 ,  B60S1/56 ,  G02B27/00 ,  B60S1/26

Abstract: A wiper device for a small and curved surface such as a spherical surface of an optical element includes at least one elongate wiper element with two ends, two drive units to which the ends of the wiper element are attached so that the wiper element can be moved on the surface of the optical element using the two drive units, and at least one contacting means for bringing the wiper element into contact with a surface of the optical element, the contacting means shapes the wiper element around at least that part of the surface which is exposed to the environment due to an opening provided by the housing and is to be cleaned.

公开(公告)号：US20210402926A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US17471759

申请日：2021-09-10

Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.

Inventor： Andrew LETTIS ,  Callum SCOTT-COLLINS ,  Graham REHILL

IPC: B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/12 ,  B60R1/074

Abstract: An assembly includes a head assembly for an external rear view device to be attached to a motor vehicle, a lower casing element, an upper casing element, an articulation assembly, a bezel assembly for carrying at least one rear view element, and a hinge connection between the bezel assembly and a first sub assembly provided by at least the lower casing, the articulation assembly and attachment means with the articulation assembly being mounted on the attachment means or the attachment means being mounted on the articulation assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20210397247A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17465157

申请日：2021-09-02

Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.

Inventor： Romeo Wieczorek ,  Mukesh Patel ,  Thomas Agung-Nugraha

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  H04R3/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T7/20

Abstract: A method of operating one or more output means for a motor vehicle that includes providing one or more sensors and the one or more output means, detecting an input based on at least one of a position and movement of a passenger body part using the one or more sensors, and controlling power consumption of the one or more output means based on the detected input where this detecting includes detecting one or more inputs, the one or more inputs comprising at least one of a proximity of the body part relative to the one or more output means and a trajectory of the body part relative to the one or more output means.

公开(公告)号：US20200292857A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-17

申请号：US16636190

申请日：2018-07-27

Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.

Inventor： Thomas Jochmann ,  Andreas Herrmann

IPC: G02F1/09 ,  G01R33/032 ,  G02F1/1335

Abstract: A modulation control method for a filter device for avoiding flicker appearing in streamed video images before acquiring images, includes setting the exposure time to be equal or longer than an oscillating light source's period duration or to be as long as possible between two frames in the image acquisition of streamed video images, polarizing of incoming light in a first polarizer to turn into polarized light with a first polarization, altering the polarization of the light with the first polarization in an electro- or magneto-optic modulator by an angle α to turn into light with a second polarization, and reducing an amount of light with the second polarization in a second polarizer.

公开(公告)号：US20200290505A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-17

申请号：US16611709

申请日：2018-05-07

Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.

Inventor： Andreas Herrmann ,  Stefanie Göttlicher ,  Alf Liesener

IPC: B60Q1/26 ,  B60Q1/00

Abstract: An illumination and image acquisition unit for movable mounting on a vehicle body includes a movable section having an image acquisition section with at least one camera, a lighting member having at least one light source and an end section, the at least one light source being a component of a side boundary light, an ambient lighting, a signal or warning light, a flasher, a camper light, a laser display, a logo lamp, a floor light, or a projector. A motor vehicle includes such a lighting and imaging unit.

公开(公告)号：US10766420B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

申请号：US16307800

申请日：2017-06-12

Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.

Inventor： Christian Wezel ,  Alexandru Dobrete ,  Peter Hein ,  Andrea König

IPC: E05D11/10 ,  B60R1/076 ,  B60R1/12 ,  E05F5/08

Abstract: A folding joint for attaching a rear view device includes a first hinge section, a second hinge section, the first and second hinge sections being adapted to rotate relative to each other around an axis of rotation, at least one detent or recessed surface including two depressions or recesses, a spring biased cam section which is adapted to interact with the at least one detent or recessed surface for adjustably locking the rotational movement of the first and second hinge sections relative to each other, a hinge pin at least in part coinciding with the axis of rotation, the hinge pin being adapted to rotatably connect the first and second hinge sections, and including a guide pin extending essentially perpendicularly from the hinge pin, and a spring biased clamping bolt arranged on the guide pin.