TWI803407B - Car rearview mirror with intelligent warning function - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a vehicle rearview mirror with intelligent warning function, which mainly includes a shell, a mirror surface and a warning module. The shell can be set on the vehicle, and the mirror is set in the installation groove of the shell, and there is a warning module with a display and a circuit board electrically connected to it, and the vehicle condition and/or can be displayed in the warning area of the mirror through the display or road conditions, so that when the driver of the vehicle moves his sight to the rear-view mirror, he can give an early warning according to the display content of the warning area.

Description

Car rearview mirror with intelligent warning function

The invention provides a rear view mirror for a vehicle, especially a rear view mirror for a vehicle with an intelligent warning function.

Known vehicle rear-view mirrors allow the driver to observe the scene behind the vehicle in the mirror with the naked eye. Since the driver must also pay attention to the road conditions ahead and on both sides during driving, if the viewing angle is moved to the rear-view mirror at the same time , There are other vehicles approaching around the vehicle and a collision may occur, or it seems that an emergency vehicle is about to pass by. Because the conventional vehicle rearview mirror does not provide an early warning function, it is easy to cause traffic accidents due to failure to detect immediately.

Therefore, how to solve the above-mentioned problems of conventional vehicle rear view mirrors is the focus of the present invention.

In order to solve the above problems, the inventor has exhausted his brains to study carefully, and then developed a car rear-view mirror with an intelligent warning function, and the rear-view mirror can provide warnings to the surrounding road conditions.

The invention provides a vehicle rearview mirror with an intelligent warning function, which includes a shell, a mirror surface and a warning module. The shell is provided on the vehicle, and the shell has a mounting groove; the mirror is arranged in the mounting groove; the warning module has a display and a circuit substrate, and the display is attached to the mirror and electrically connected to the circuit substrate, The monitor is used to display the vehicle condition and/or surrounding road conditions in a warning area of the mirror.

In one embodiment, the display is attached to the mirror by sticking, embedding or embedding.

In one embodiment, the display has an inner casing, and a backlight and a display panel are framed in the inner casing, the backlight and the display panel are electrically connected to the circuit board, and the backlight provides backlight, and the warning area is displayed on the display panel.

In one embodiment, the display panel is composed of a matrix of liquid crystal display panels.

In one embodiment, the warning module has a radar detector electrically connected to the circuit board, and when the radar detector detects that the surrounding vehicles are within a possible collision distance, an early warning signal is sent and received by the circuit board , and display a collision warning image in the warning area.

In one embodiment, the warning module has a radar detector electrically connected to the circuit board, and when the radar detector detects emergency vehicles honking around the vehicle, an early warning signal is sent and received by the circuit board , and display an emergency vehicle warning image in the warning area.

In one embodiment, the display can receive a warning signal to display warning images including fuel level warning, water temperature warning, battery warning, tire pressure warning, parking warning, and key away warning.

In one embodiment, the area of the circuit substrate is slightly smaller than or equal to the area of the mirror, and the circuit substrate is disposed on the inner surface of the mirror in the installation groove.

In one embodiment, the mounting groove, the circuit substrate, and the mirror have the same profile.

In one embodiment, the vehicle is a two-wheel fuel locomotive or an electric locomotive, or a car, truck or ATV with four or more wheels.

The vehicle rearview mirror with intelligent warning function of the present invention mainly uses a warning module with a display attached to the mirror surface, so that the display can provide warnings for vehicle conditions and/or road conditions in the warning area of the mirror surface. In this way, when the driver of the vehicle shifts his sight to the rear-view mirror, he can not only observe the road conditions behind the vehicle, but also know the status of the vehicle condition and/or the surrounding road conditions in real time through the content displayed in the warning area. Whether it is abnormal, so that the driver can react and deal with it in advance, so as to reduce the occurrence of traffic accidents.

100: car mirror

10: shell

11: Mounting slot

20: mirror surface

21:Warning area

22: inner side

23: Outer side

30:Warning module

31: display

311: inner shell

312: Backlight

313: display panel

314: soft cable

32: Circuit board

321: processing unit

33: Radar detector

Fig. 1 is the three-dimensional combined exterior view of the vehicle rearview mirror of the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded configuration diagram of a vehicle rearview mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is an exploded configuration diagram of the display of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a circuit block of a display module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a display showing a collision warning image in a warning area according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a display showing an emergency vehicle warning image in a warning area according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of displaying warning images in the warning area of the display according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the purpose, features and effects of the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail through the following specific embodiments and accompanying drawings, which are described as follows.

1 to 7, the present invention provides a vehicle rear view mirror 100 with an intelligent warning function, which includes a housing 10, a mirror 20 and a warning module 30, wherein:

The casing 10 can be arranged on a vehicle (not shown in the figure), and the casing 10 has a mounting slot 11 . In one embodiment, the vehicle is a two-wheeled vehicle, such as a fuel locomotive or an electric locomotive, but the application of the vehicle rear-view mirror 100 of the present invention is not limited to two-wheeled vehicles, such as three-wheeled vehicles such as cars, trucks or beach vehicles. For example, the application of vehicles with more than four wheels is also the scope of protection intended by the present invention.

The mirror 20 is disposed in the installation groove 11 . In one embodiment, the mirror surface 20 is a general lens with a standard viewing angle, but the mirror surface 20 of the present invention is not limited to this general lens, such as a wide-angle lens, an anti-glare lens, or other mirrors with a rear-view function. Belongs to the category that the present invention intends to protect.

The warning module 30, as shown in Figure 2, has a display 31 and a circuit substrate 32, wherein the display 31 is attached to the mirror 20, and the display 31 is electrically connected to the circuit substrate 32, the display 31 can be placed on the mirror A warning area 21 of 20 displays the condition of the vehicle and/or the condition of the road around the vehicle.

In one embodiment, the display 31 is attached to the mirror 20 for sticking. More specifically, the circuit board 32 is arranged on the inner surface 22 of the mirror 20 in the mounting groove 11 (as shown in FIG. 2 ). The inner side 22 is the side of the mirror 20 facing inwardly of the mounting groove 11 , and opposite to the inner side 22 is the outer side 23 that appears outside and reflects the scene behind the vehicle. The display 31 of the present invention is not limited to attaching to the mirror 20 by the above-mentioned pasting. In different embodiments, the display 31 can also be attached to the mirror 20 by embedding, embedding or similar combinations. In one embodiment, the display 31 is a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD).

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3 , the display 31 has an inner casing 311, a backlight 312, and a display panel 313. The backlight 312 and the display panel 313 are framed in the inner casing 311 to form A modular structure, the backlight 312 is, for example, a light-emitting diode (Light-Emitting Diode, LED), and the display panel 313 is, for example, a liquid-crystal display (Liquid-Crystal Display, LCD) matrix. As shown in FIG. 4, the backlight 312 and the display panel 313 are electrically connected to the circuit substrate 32. In one embodiment, the display 31 is electrically connected to the circuit substrate through a flexible cable 314 as shown in FIG. 32 , the display 31 can provide backlight through the backlight 312 , and provide image display in the warning area 21 through the display panel 313 .

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4 , the warning module 30 further has a radar detector 33 , such as a Doppler radar, for detecting other vehicles on the road. The radar detector 33 is electrically connected to the circuit board 32, through the radar detector 33, during the running process of the set vehicle, the detection of the relative speed with the surrounding vehicles is carried out, and when the surrounding vehicles are close to a possible collision When the distance is high, the radar detector 33 can send out a warning signal which is received by the circuit board 32 and display a collision warning image in the warning area 21 (as shown in FIG. 5 ).

As mentioned above, the radar detector 33 can also be used to detect emergency vehicles with horns around the vehicle, such as police cars, ambulances or fire trucks. At this time, the radar detector 33 can send an early warning signal and receive it by the circuit board 32. And display an emergency vehicle warning image (as shown in FIG. 6 ) in the warning area 21 with the display 31 .

In one embodiment, it is also possible to receive a warning signal through the display 31 to display the vehicle condition of the set vehicle itself, such as fuel level warning, water temperature warning, battery warning, tire pressure warning, parking warning, and key away warning. Display 31 A warning image (as shown in FIG. 7 ) can be displayed in the warning area 21 to provide a warning when the vehicle condition is abnormal.

In one embodiment, the area of the circuit substrate 32 is slightly smaller than that of the mirror 20 , but the invention is not limited thereto. For example, the area of the circuit substrate 32 may also be equal to the area of the mirror 20 . In another embodiment, the mounting groove 11, the mirror surface 20, and the circuit substrate 32 have the same shape as shown in FIG. 32 can be suitably combined when installed in the installation groove 11.

In one embodiment, the circuit substrate 32 has a processing unit 321, such as a microcontroller (Microcontroller Unit, MCU), but the present invention is not limited thereto, and any processing function that can achieve image display belongs to the present invention The scope of the processing unit 321 . In this way, the processing unit 321 can be used for all The warning signal, and/or the signal processing of the warning signal, so that the display 31 can switch between different images.

In addition, the processing unit 321 may also be communicatively connected to an external smart terminal (not shown in the figure), such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, or a portable device such as a notebook computer. The communication connection between the intelligent terminal and the processing unit 321 can be a wired communication connection, such as the video interface of USB, HDMI and CVBS; it can also be a wireless communication connection, such as Wi-Fi, radio frequency identification (RFID), or Bluetooth (Bluetooth) wireless transmission technology.

When the vehicle rearview mirror 100 of the above-mentioned embodiment is actually used in the vehicle, in addition to observing the scene behind the vehicle through the outer surface 23 of the mirror surface 20, such as the road conditions of the vehicle coming from behind, through the setting of the radar detector 33, it is assumed that the rear If there is an oncoming vehicle and is positioned at the blind spot of the mirror surface 20, an early warning signal can be generated by the detection of the radar detector 33, so that the display 31 can display a collision early warning image (also referring to FIG. 5 ) in the warning area 21, allowing the driver to A person can obtain an early warning from the collision early warning image, so as to facilitate avoidance and avoid a collision.

Furthermore, when the vehicle encounters an emergency vehicle while driving, the radar detector 33 can also detect the emergency vehicle and generate an early warning signal, so that the display 31 can display an emergency vehicle early warning image in the warning area 21 (see also FIG. 6 ). , so that the driver can obtain an early warning from the emergency vehicle early warning image, so as to facilitate dodge and avoid collision, and avoid hindering the emergency vehicle from performing tasks.

In addition, the display 31 can also display the vehicle condition in the warning area 21. For example, when the oil quantity is too low, the water temperature is too high, the battery is insufficient, the tire pressure is insufficient, and/or the key is far away, the warning signal is generated, so that the display 31 can display a warning image (also referring to FIG. 7 ) in the warning area 21, so that the driver can also obtain vehicle condition information from the image, so as to facilitate immediate handling and reduce possible accidents during driving.

From the above description, it is not difficult to find that the feature of the present invention is that the vehicle rearview mirror 100 with intelligent warning function of the present invention is mainly attached to the mirror surface 20 by the display 31 of the warning module 30, and can The display 31 can be used to provide a warning in the warning area 21 , and the warning mentioned above can be the vehicle condition and/or the road condition. Therefore, when the driver of the vehicle moves his line of sight to the rear-view mirror to observe the road conditions behind the vehicle, if there is any abnormality in the vehicle condition or the surrounding road conditions, the driver can be informed of the vehicle condition and the conditions displayed in the warning area 21 in real time. /or the surrounding road conditions, so that the driver can be warned in advance, so that the driver can have enough time to react and deal with it, so as to achieve the effect of reducing the occurrence of traffic accidents.

The present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, but those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments are only used to describe the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that all changes and substitutions equivalent to the embodiment should be included in the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the scope of the patent application.

10: shell

11: Mounting slot

20: mirror surface

21:Warning area

22: inner side

23: Outer side

30:Warning module

31: display

32: Circuit board

Claims (8)

A vehicle rearview mirror with intelligent warning function, which includes: a shell, which is arranged on the vehicle, and the shell has a mounting groove; a mirror, which is set in the mounting groove; and a warning module, the There is a display and a circuit substrate, the display is attached to the mirror and electrically connected to the circuit substrate, and the display is used to display the vehicle condition and/or surrounding road conditions in a warning area of the mirror; wherein, the warning module There is a radar detector electrically connected to the circuit substrate, and when the radar detector detects emergency vehicles honking around the vehicle, an early warning signal is received by the circuit substrate, and an emergency vehicle is displayed in the warning area Warning image. The vehicle rearview mirror with intelligent warning function as described in Claim 1, wherein the display is attached to the mirror by pasting, embedding or embedding. The vehicle rearview mirror with intelligent warning function as described in claim 2, wherein, the display has an inner casing, and a backlight and a display panel are framed in the inner casing, the backlight and the The display panel is electrically connected to the circuit substrate, the backlight is used to provide backlight, and the warning area is displayed by the display panel. The vehicle rearview mirror with intelligent warning function as described in claim 3, wherein the display panel is composed of a matrix of liquid crystal display panels. The vehicle rearview mirror with intelligent warning function as described in claim 1, wherein the display can receive a warning signal to display warnings including fuel level warning, water temperature warning, battery warning, tire pressure warning, parking warning, and key Warning images to stay away from warnings. The vehicle rearview mirror with intelligent warning function as described in claim 1, wherein the area of the circuit substrate is slightly smaller than or equal to the area of the mirror surface, and the circuit substrate is arranged inside the mirror surface in the installation groove side. The vehicle rearview mirror with intelligent warning function as described in claim 6, wherein, the mounting groove, the mirror surface, and the circuit board have the same outline. The vehicle rearview mirror with intelligent warning function as described in Claim 1, wherein the vehicle is a two-wheeled fuel locomotive or an electric locomotive, or a car, truck or ATV with four or more wheels.

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