Rear view and multi-media system for vehicles

US6304173A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Silviu Pala · Birmingham, US
• Phil LeMay · Ann Arbor, US
• Scott Shields · Auburn Hills, US
• Terence Duncan · Canton, US
• Michael Maass · Pittsburgh, US
• Joseph Paul Stevens · Hexham, GB
• John McConnell · Zion, US
• Jerome Ng · Ann Arbor, US
• Ozer M. N. Teitelbaum · Farmington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 16, 2001
• Expiry date: Jan 29, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2011/0288
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle display system includes a display which is selectively movable between a first position in which it is viewable by a driver and a second position in which it is viewable by the rear passengers but not the driver. In the first position, the display provides a rear view from a camera mounted at the rear of the vehicle. In the second position, the display provides entertainment to the passengers in the rear seats.