Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Information display system for a vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 汽车信息显示系统
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Application No.: US12052341Application Date: 2008-03-20
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Publication No.: US07579940B2Publication Date: 2009-08-25
- Inventor: Kenneth Schofield , Frank O'Brien , Robert L. Bingle , Niall R. Lynam
- Applicant: Kenneth Schofield , Frank O'Brien , Robert L. Bingle , Niall R. Lynam
- Applicant Address: US MI Holland
- Assignee: Donnelly Corporation
- Current Assignee: Donnelly Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Holland
- Agency: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP
- Main IPC: B60Q1/00
- IPC: B60Q1/00 ; H04N7/18

Abstract:
An information display mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly configured for mounting at an interior portion of a vehicle and having a casing, a mirror support arm and a reflective element. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes an information display screen disposed separate from and independent of and lateral of the reflective element at a portion of the casing closer to a seating location of the vehicle driver or at a portion of the casing further from a seating location of the vehicle driver. The information display screen may be a touch-sensitive information display screen that displays information responsive to the driver of the vehicle at least one of touching its viewing surface and positioning a finger proximate its viewing surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080212215A1 INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2008-09-04
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