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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179586 | Rearview mirror assembly for vehicle A rearview mirror assembly includes an electrochromic reflective element having a front substrate and a rear substrate and an electrochromic medium sandwiched therebetween. The reflective element includes a resin material disposed at least at a portion of a fourth s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179437 | Vehicle accessory module An accessory system for a vehicle includes an accessory module, at least one accessory and an attachment member at an interior surface of a vehicle windshield. The at least one accessory comprises a camera having a lens, with the camera being disposed in the accesso... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179236 | Video mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle A vehicular video mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a transflective reflective element. The mirror system includes a video display device at a casing of the mirror assembly rearward of the transflective reflective element, with the v... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177376 | Vehicular interior rearview mirror system An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror housing, an electro-optic reflective element and an information display. The information display is disposed in the mirror housing rearward of the transfle... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170748 | Vehicle information display system An information display system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly disposed at the interior cabin of a vehicle and a video display screen disposed in the interior rearview mirror assembly. The video display screen is operable to display video ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164817 | Method of forming a mirrored bent cut glass shape for vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly A method of forming a mirrored bent cut glass shape includes bending a flat sheet of glass to establish a curved sheet of glass. A machine vision system determines a surface profile of the curved sheet of glass, and a computer numerical controlled cutting tool is po... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164482 | Vehicle exterior rearview mirror system with indicator module An exterior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an exterior rearview mirror assembly and a unitary indicator module disposed at the exterior rearview mirror assembly. The unitary indicator module includes a plurality of illumination sources disposed behind... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162518 | Adaptive forward lighting system for vehicle An adaptive forward lighting system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor and a control. The imaging sensor includes a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements, and monitors a scene forward of the direction of travel of the vehicle. The control... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162493 | Interior rearview mirror assembly for vehicle A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a circuit board disposed in a mirror casing rearward of a reflective element. A plurality of light emitting diodes is mounted to the circuit board for providing backlighting for a display element disposed rearwa... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8147077 | Exterior sideview mirror system An exterior sideview mirror system includes an exterior sideview mirror assembly including a plano-auxiliary reflective element having a rearward field of view when attached to a side of an automobile. The plano reflective element and the auxiliary reflective elemen... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8138903 | Mirror assembly An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror casing having a human machine interface thereat. The mirror assembly includes a display device disposed behind the transflective mirror reflector of the interior rearview mirror assembly and visibl... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134117 | Vehicular having a camera, a rain sensor and a single-ball interior electrochromic mirror assembly attached at an attachment element A vehicular interior rearview mirror system includes an attachment element attached at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield and an interior rearview mirror assembly that includes a mount for attaching the mirror assembly to the attachment element, a housing, ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128244 | Exterior sideview mirror system An exterior sideview mirror system includes an exterior sideview mirror assembly including a plano-auxiliary reflective element having a rearward field of view when attached to a side of an automobile. The plano reflective element and the auxiliary reflective elemen... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128243 | Exterior sideview mirror system An exterior sideview mirror assembly includes a single mirror backing plate element within a mirror housing. A main plano mirror element and an auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element are supported by the backing plate element. The backing plate element has a gene... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121787 | Vehicular video mirror system A video mirror system includes an interior electrochromic rearview mirror assembly mountable at an interior portion of a vehicle and a video display screen disposed to the rear of a rear portion of a reflective element. The video display screen emits light when actu... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116929 | Imaging system for vehicle An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging array sensor and a control. The imaging array sensor has a plurality of photo-sensing pixels and is positioned at a vehicle equipped with the imaging system and has a field of view exteriorly of the equipped vehicl... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8106347 | Vehicle rearview mirror system A vehicular interior rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly, which includes an ambient light sensor operable to sense ambient light and a glare light sensor operable to sense glare light. A control is operable to establish a reflectance... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100568 | Interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle A vehicular interior rearview mirror system includes an attachment element adhesively attached at an interior surface of a windshield of a vehicle and an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head including a reflective mirror element. The interior rearv... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095310 | Video mirror system for a vehicle A vehicular video mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly that includes a reflective element having a transflective mirror reflector that is at least about 15 percent transmitting to visible light incident at the rear of the reflective element. A... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095260 | Vehicle information display An information display system for a vehicle includes a display screen disposed at an interior cabin of a vehicle so as to be viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle. The information display system is operable to display on the display screen vehicle user inform... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094002 | Interior rearview mirror system An interior rearview mirror system includes a mirror mounting button and a plurality of attachment members adhesively attached at the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield. An interior rearview mirror assembly has a mirror head and a mirror support, and a struc... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090153 | Imaging system for vehicle An imaging system for a vehicle includes a camera having a field of view exterior of a vehicle with the field of view being in a forward direction of travel of the vehicle. The camera is operable to capture image data and an image processor is operable to process th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083386 | Interior rearview mirror assembly with display device An interior rearview mirror assembly includes a display device that includes a display screen and a plurality of illumination sources for backlighting the display screen. The display device is at least operable in (a) a first mode wherein the illumination sources ar... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8072318 | Video mirror system for vehicle A video mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly with an electrochromic reflective element having a front portion and a rear portion generally opposite the front portion. The reflective element has an electrochromic medium disposed b... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063759 | Vehicle vision system A vehicular vision system includes at least one imaging sensor for sensing images of objects in a forward field of view of the imaging sensor. The imaging system includes a control responsive to an output of the imaging sensor. The control modulates at least one hea... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063753 | Interior rearview mirror system An interior rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror support with a pivot element and a mirror mount configured for attachment to an attachment element at a vehicle. The mirror assembly includes a mirror head having a hous... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061859 | Exterior mirror element with wide angle portion A mirror reflective element suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a glass substrate and a principal reflector portion and an auxiliary wide angle curved portion. The auxiliary wide angle curved portion has a curved recess est... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8058977 | Exterior mirror having a display that can be viewed by a host driver or drivers of other vehicles A mirror reflective element sub-assembly includes a mirror back plate having a display receiving portion established thereat and being molded to have an integral light baffle at the display receiving portion. A display element attached to the display receiving porti... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8049640 | Mirror assembly for vehicle An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror reflective element having a glass substrate with first and second surfaces and a circumferential edge along the periphery of the glass substrate. The mirror reflective element includes a mirror ref... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047667 | Vehicular interior rearview mirror system An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly and an information display operable to display information for viewing by the driver of the vehicle through a transflective mirror reflector of a reflective element of the... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044777 | Vehicular rearview mirror system A vehicular rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having an interior electrochromic reflective element that assumes an interior mirror partial reflectance level in response to an interior mirror electrochromic reflective element drive ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044776 | Rear vision system for vehicle A rear vision system includes a video camera for capturing video images and a video display disposed in the cabin of the vehicle for displaying the video images captured by the camera. The camera has a field of view that at least encompasses a vehicle hitch connecto... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8033699 | Vehicle exterior mirror system A lighted exterior mirror system includes an exterior mirror assembly having a folding portion and a non-folding portion. The non-folding portion is configured to mount to a side of a vehicle and the folding portion includes a reflective element. The folding portion... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8021005 | Exterior mirror element with wide angle portion An electrochromic mirror reflective element suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes front and rear glass substrates and an electrochromic medium disposed therebetween. The electrochromic mirror reflective element includes a pri... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019505 | Vehicle information display An information display system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly disposed in an interior cabin of the equipped vehicle. The interior rearview mirror assembly has a mirror reflective element with a mirror reflector disposed at a surface there... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8004392 | Voice acquisition system for a vehicle A voice acquisition system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly. The mirror assembly may include a microphone for receiving audio signals within a cabin of the vehicle and generating an output indicative of these audio signals. The microphone ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001696 | Vehicle compass compensation A calibration method for calibrating a compass system suitable for use in a vehicle includes sampling data points of a magnetic field with a magneto-responsive sensor and processing output signals of the sensor via compass circuitry. The compass circuitry includes a... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000894 | Vehicular wireless communication system A vehicular wireless communication system includes a control in a vehicle operable to communicate with an external service provider via a wireless communication link between the equipped vehicle and the external service provider. The control may receive a user input... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7994471 | Interior rearview mirror system with forwardly-viewing camera A vehicular interior rearview mirror system includes an attachment element attached at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield and an interior rearview mirror assembly that includes a structure that includes a mount for attaching the mirror assembly to the attac... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7994462 | Vehicular image sensing system A vehicular image sensing system includes an imaging sensor having a forward field of view to the exterior of and through the windshield of an equipped vehicle. The imaging sensor is operable to capture image data and the image sensing system includes a control havi... | 08/09/2011 |
