Rearview mirror assembly with internally mounted compass sensor
    72.
    发明授权
    Rearview mirror assembly with internally mounted compass sensor 有权
    后视镜组件,带内置罗盘传感器

    公开(公告)号:US6140933A

    公开(公告)日:2000-10-31

    申请号:US432939

    申请日:1999-11-03

    摘要: A rearview mirror assembly is disclosed for use in a vehicle that includes a mirror housing, a mounting structure for pivotally mounting the mirror housing to the vehicle such that the mirror housing may be both vertically and horizontally tilted, a compass sensor disposed in the mirror housing and coupled to a compass processing circuit, and a tilt detector for detecting when the mirror housing has been tilted from a prior position and for generating and transmitting a tilt detection signal to the compass processing circuit. The compass processing circuit may then respond to the reception of the tilt detecting signal by compensating the compass reading and/or display or by recalibrating the compass. The compass may be recalibrated using a variety of techniques, which may include, for example, comparing the sensor output values immediately prior and immediately after a tilt detection signal has been received and adjusting the calibration point by an amount corresponding to any difference between the sensor output levels.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于车辆中的后视镜组件,其包括镜壳体,用于将镜壳体可枢转地安装到车辆的安装结构,使得镜壳体可以垂直和水平地倾斜,设置在镜壳体中的罗盘传感器 并且耦合到罗盘处理电路,以及倾斜检测器,用于检测反射镜壳体何时已经从先前位置倾斜并且用于生成并向罗盘处理电路发送倾斜检测信号。 罗盘处理电路然后可以通过补偿罗盘读数和/或显示或通过重新校准罗盘来响应倾斜检测信号的接收。 可以使用各种技术来重新校准罗盘,其可以包括例如在接收到倾斜检测信号之前和之后立即比较传感器输出值,并且将校准点调整与传感器之间的任何差异相对应的量 输出水平。

    Electronic compass system
    79.
    发明授权
    Electronic compass system 有权
    电子罗盘系统

    公开(公告)号:US07379814B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-05-27

    申请号:US11842481

    申请日:2007-08-21

    IPC分类号: G01C21/00 G01C17/28

    CPC分类号: G01C17/28 G01C17/30 G01C17/38

    摘要: An electronic compass system includes a magnetic sensor circuit having at least two sensing elements for sensing perpendicular components of the Earth's magnetic field vector. A processing circuit is coupled to the sensor circuit to filter, process, and compute a heading. The processing circuit may determine whether too much noise is present in the output signals received from said magnetic sensor circuit as a function of the relative strength of the Earth's magnetic field vector. The magnetic sensor circuit may include three magnetic field sensing elements contained in a common integrated package having a plurality of leads extending therefrom for mounting to a circuit board. The sensing elements need not be perpendicular to each other or parallel or perpendicular with the circuit board. The electronic compass system is particularly well suited for implementation in a vehicle rearview mirror assembly.

    摘要翻译: 电子罗盘系统包括具有用于感测地球磁场矢量的垂直分量的至少两个感测元件的磁传感器电路。 处理电路耦合到传感器电路以过滤,处理和计算标题。 处理电路可以确定从所述磁传感器电路接收的输出信号中是否存在过多的噪声作为地球磁场矢量的相对强度的函数。 磁传感器电路可以包括三个磁场感测元件,其包含在具有从其延伸的多个引线的公共集成封装中,用于安装到电路板。 感测元件不需要彼此垂直或与电路板平行或垂直。 电子罗盘系统特别适用于车辆后视镜组件中的实施。

    Electronic control system
    80.
    发明授权
    Electronic control system 失效
    电子控制系统

    公开(公告)号:US5451822A

    公开(公告)日:1995-09-19

    申请号:US670258

    申请日:1991-03-15

    IPC分类号: B60Q1/14 B60R1/08 G02F1/17

    摘要: An electronic control system for controlling automotive vehicle vision related equipment including an electrochromic rearview mirror comprising an electrochromic variable reflectance member the reflectivity of which varies as a function of electrical signal levels applied thereto, and an electrically energizable vehicle headlamp, the system including ambient light sensing means, glare causing light sensing means and sky light sensing means, each of said light sensing means being effective to generate an electrical signal indicative of the sensed light level, the system also including microprocessor means operable to apply electrical control signal levels to the electrochromic variable reflectance member to change the reflectivity thereof as a function of sensed ambient and glare causing light levels, the system also including means to effect energization of the vehicle headlamp as a function of the sensed sky light level. The system may also include means to effect energization of the vehicle headlamp as a function of the actuation of the vehicle windshield wiper.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于控制机动车辆视觉相关设备的电子控制系统,包括电致变色后视镜,该电致变色后视镜包括其反射率作为施加于其上的电信号电平的函数而变化的电致变色反射构件,以及电激励车辆前照灯,该系统包括环境光感测 意味着引起光感测装置和天光感测装置的眩光,每个所述光感测装置有效地产生指示感测到的光级的电信号,该系统还包括可操作以将电控信号电平施加到电致变色变量的微处理器装置 反射构件改变作为感测到的环境和眩光的函数的反射率导致光水平,该系统还包括作为感测到的天空光水平的函数来实现车辆前照灯的通电的装置。 系统还可以包括作为车辆挡风玻璃刮水器的致动的功能来实现车辆前照灯的通电的装置。