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Pivotable interior rearview device for a motor vehicle

US11161457B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SMR Patents S.à.r.l. · LU

Inventors

Romeo Wieczorek · Eßlingen, DE
Peter Hein · Bamberg, DE
Ilka Rötzer · Köngen, DE
Andreas Herrmann · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 2, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 19, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30168
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A pivotable interior rearview device for a motor vehicle includes a mirror surface provided by at least one of a reflective element and a display element, a first sensor device suitable for a light propagation time measurement for detecting at least one gesture by a driver of the motor vehicle incidence of light on the mirror surface, a switching device for switching the display element on and off, a pivoting device for pivoting the mirror surface from a normal position into at least one dimming position in which dazzling of the driver by light reflected in the mirror surface is reduced, and a control unit for controlling at least one of the switching device and the pivoting device. A method of using the rearview device is also described.

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