JP2000159019A - Mirror device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mirror device for vehicle capable of adjusting simply the position of an outside mirror. SOLUTION: A mirror device for vehicle is composed of an outside mirror 7 for vehicle, a driving means 13 to adjust the position of the outside mirror 7, a memory means 9 to previously store the setting position of the outside mirror 7, a switching means 19 to give a command for output to the memory means 9, and a control means 15 to control the driving means 13 to the setting position stored in the memory means 9 in conformity to the output signal given by the switching means 19.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle mirror device, and more particularly to a vehicle mirror device capable of automatically adjusting the angle of a side mirror.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a vehicle is provided with a side mirror, and a driver can see a situation outside the vehicle (particularly, behind) from the side mirror. The side mirror can be changed at a desired place by adjusting the angle (position) manually or electrically. For example, in the case of electric operation, the angle of the side mirror is adjusted by operating an operation lever, an operation button, or the like.

[0003]

However, when adjusting the angle of the side mirror with the operation lever or the operation button, the angle must be adjusted by operating the operation lever or the operation button while looking at the side mirror one by one. However, there is a problem that the angle adjustment of the side mirror is troublesome.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle mirror device in which the position of a side mirror can be easily adjusted.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle side mirror, a driving unit for adjusting a position of the side mirror, a storage unit for storing a set position of the side mirror in advance, and a storage unit. , And control means for controlling the drive means to a set position stored in the storage means by an output signal from the switch means.

According to the first aspect of the invention, when it is desired to adjust the position of the side mirror, the driver automatically operates the position of the side mirror to the position stored in the storage by operating the switch. To adjust. For example, if the driver who normally drives stores the running reference position in the storage device, even if another person rides and adjusts the side mirror to a position different from the above-described reference position,
With one operation of the switch means, the position of the side mirror can be automatically adjusted to the reference position.

Therefore, unlike the related art, it is not necessary to operate the operation lever or the operation button while looking at the side mirror, and the position of the side mirror can be automatically adjusted only by operating the switch means. The position of the side mirror can be easily adjusted.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the storage means stores the first position in which the side mirror captures the vicinity of the ground contact surface of the rear wheel tire and the vicinity of the rear portion of the vehicle. A second position to capture and a third position to capture the back of the vehicle are stored.

According to the invention described in claim 2, for example,
In garage parking, parallel parking, and the like, when the user wants to move the vehicle along a parking frame line drawn on the ground, a curb, a wall, or the like, the switch means is operated. When the switch is operated, the position of the side mirror is automatically adjusted to the first position, and a parking frame line, a curb, a wall, and the like near the rear wheel tire of the vehicle appear on the side mirror.

[0010] This allows the driver to enter the garage or perform parallel parking while looking at the side mirror. As in the related art, since it is not necessary to adjust the position of the side mirror by operating the operation lever, the operation button, or the like, it is possible to quickly perform garage parking, parallel parking, and the like.

[0011] Also, when it is desired to check the presence or absence of a child or an obstacle by looking at the rear of the vehicle before entering the garage or parallel parking, the switch means is operated to automatically move the side mirror to the second position. Adjust to position. In this case, the vicinity of the rear portion of the vehicle is photographed on the side mirror, so that the driver can look at the side mirror and check for a child or an obstacle.

On the other hand, when the above-mentioned garage and parallel parking are completed or when the vehicle departs, the switch means is operated to automatically move the side mirror to the third position, that is, the reference position during traveling. Can be returned to. Therefore, the storage device stores the first to third positions in advance,
The position of the side mirror can be automatically adjusted according to the use condition of the vehicle, and garage, parallel parking and the like can be quickly performed.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 of the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vehicle 1 to which the present invention is applied. The vehicle mirror device 5 according to the present invention is provided on both sides of the vehicle 1, and as shown in FIG. 3, a side mirror 7 provided in a housing 8 of the vehicle mirror device 5, a storage unit 9, An operation unit 11, a driving unit 13, and a control unit 15 are provided.

The side mirror 7 shows the outside of the vehicle 1, and the driver looks at the side mirror 7 to
The situation outside the vehicle 1 is determined from inside the vehicle. The position (angle) of the side mirror 7 is adjusted by the driving unit 13,
Thus, the side mirror 7 captures various places outside the vehicle.

The driving means 13 drives the side mirror 7 under the control of the control means 15 to adjust the angle of the side mirror 7. A plurality of motors, gears, and the like (not shown) are arranged in the driving unit 13, and the angle of the side mirror 7 can be finely adjusted by the interaction of the plurality of motors, gears, and the like.

The storage means 9 stores in advance the set angle (set position) of the side mirror 7, and the control means 15
By an output signal from a slide switch 19 described later,
Based on the set angle stored in the storage means 9, the driving means 1
3 is controlled. The input of the set angle to the storage means 9 is performed by a setting button 21 which will be described later. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, in the present embodiment, the storage means 9 includes the side mirror 7 in the main body 3. A first angle (first position) c that captures the vicinity of the ground contact surface of the rear wheel tire 17;
A second angle “b” that captures the vicinity and a third angle “a” that is a reference position behind the vehicle 1, that is, a running position, are stored.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operation section 11 has a setting switch (switch means) 19, a setting button 21, a left / right switching lever 23, a fine adjustment button 25, and a storage switch 27. The operation unit 11 performs various operations of the vehicle mirror device 5.

The setting switch 19 is a so-called slide switch. By operating the setting switch 19 (by sliding), the angle of the side mirror 7 is adjusted to the angle stored in the storage means 9. When the slide switch 19 is set at the position C, the storage means 9 stores the first angle c.
Is output to the control means 15, and the side mirror 7 is adjusted to the first angle c. Similarly, the slide switch 19
When located at the position B, the side mirror 7 is adjusted to the second angle b, and when the slide switch 19 is located at the position A, the side mirror 7 is adjusted to the third angle a. You.

The fine adjustment button 25 is a button for finely adjusting the angle of the side mirror 7. When the fine adjustment button 25 is pressed, the angle of the side mirror 7 is adjusted in a direction corresponding to the position where the fine adjustment button 25 is pressed. It changes continuously.

The left / right switching lever 23 is a lever for determining whether to adjust one of the left and right side mirrors 7. When the left / right switching lever 23 is at the R position, the left side mirror 7 is at the L position. It can be adjusted. The storage switch 27 is a switch that causes the main body 8 of the vehicle mirror device 5 to be tilted or raised with respect to the main body 3 of the vehicle 1.
When the side D is pressed, the side mirror 7 automatically falls down to the rear of the main body 3, and when the side E of the storage switch 27 is pressed, the side mirror 7 is raised.

In the present embodiment, the above-described side mirror 7 is used.
The driver can set the setting angle of
The setting button 21 is used when the driver sets the set angle of the side mirror 7. After the slide switch 19 is positioned at the position A, the angle of the side mirror 7 is adjusted by the fine adjustment button 25, and then the setting button 21 is pressed, the storage means 9 stores the angle of the side mirror 7 at this time in the fourth position. 3 as an angle a (see FIGS. 1 and 4). The setting of the first and second angles c and b of the side mirror 7 is also set in the above-described procedure.

As described above, the first to third storages are stored in the storage means 9.
After storing the angles a to c, the slide switch 1
The slide mirror 9 can be automatically adjusted only by sliding the slide mirror 9 to one of the positions A to C in FIG.
It should be noted that the set angle is not limited to the above-described angle, and it goes without saying that the set angle can be set so that the side mirror 7 captures a place where the driver wants to capture.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described based on the above-described configuration. For example, in the garage, while watching the parking frame line 50 (see FIG. 1) drawn on the ground,
When you want to move the vehicle (when you move the vehicle back)
First, the slide switch 19 is slid to the position C. When the slide switch 19 is set to the position C, the control means 15 receiving the output signal of the slide switch 19
Controls the driving unit 13 to the first angle c stored in the storage unit 9.

The side mirror 7 driven by the driving means 13 is automatically adjusted to the first angle c as shown in FIG. When the side mirror 7 is adjusted to the first angle c,
As shown in FIG. 1, the side mirror 7 captures the vicinity of the ground contact surface of the rear wheel tire 17 of the vehicle 1, and the parking frame 50 near the rear wheel tire 17 becomes visible from the driver's seat.

In this manner, the driver can enter the garage while looking at the side mirror 7, and the trouble of operating the fine adjustment button 25 to adjust the angle of the side mirror 7 as in the related art can be omitted. Insertion can be performed quickly. In a parallel parking or the like, when the vehicle is to be moved along a curb, a wall, or the like, the same operation and effect as described above can be obtained.

When it is desired to confirm the presence or absence of a child or an obstacle by looking at the rear portion 18 of the vehicle 1 before entering the garage or parallel parking, the slide switch 19 is slid to the position B. When the slide switch 19 is set to the position B, the side mirror 7 is automatically adjusted to the second angle b as shown in FIG. When the side mirror 7 is adjusted to the second angle b, as shown in FIG. 1, the side mirror 7 captures the vicinity of the rear portion 18 of the vehicle 1 and
The neighborhood becomes visible from the driver's seat. In this manner, the driver can easily confirm the presence or absence of a child or an obstacle near the rear portion 18 of the vehicle 1.

On the other hand, when the above-mentioned garage, parallel parking or the like is completed, or when the vehicle departs, the slide switch 1
9 is automatically moved to the position A to automatically adjust the position of the side mirror 7 to the third angle a, which is the reference position during traveling.

Also, if the driver who normally drives memorizes the reference position during traveling in the storage device 9, it is assumed that another person rides and adjusts the side mirror 7 to a position different from the above-mentioned reference position. Also, by simply sliding the slide switch 19, the position of the side mirror 7 can be automatically adjusted to the reference position.

Therefore, the position of the side mirror can be automatically adjusted only by sliding the slide switch 1 in accordance with the use condition of the vehicle 1, and the fine adjustment button 25 can be operated while looking at the side mirror 7 as in the prior art. Since no operation is required, the angle of the side mirror 7 can be easily adjusted.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, instead of the slide switch 19, three push buttons may be provided, and the angle of the side mirror 7 may be automatically adjusted by pressing one of the push buttons.

The setting button 21 may not be provided if it is not particularly necessary. In this case, at the time of manufacture of the vehicle, the set angle may be stored in the storage means in advance. Furthermore, the number of set angles stored in the storage means 9 is three in the present embodiment, but is not limited to this, and may be one or two or four, for example. It should be decided according to your needs.

The angle of the side mirror 7 stored in the storage means 9 is not limited to the above-described angle. For example, when the vehicle 1 is used jointly by a family,
When the slide switch 19 is at the position A, the father needs to set the reference position while the father is running, at the position B, the reference position of the mother, and at the position C, the reference position of the son. It should just be set according to. In this case, it is possible to easily adjust the angle of the side mirror 7 when starting the vehicle 1.

Further, the present invention is not limited to only side mirrors, and may be applied to, for example, a room mirror (rearview mirror) or a side under mirror mounted near a headlamp of a vehicle. Get the effect.

[0034]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the position of the side mirror is automatically adjusted to the position stored in the storage means by simply operating the switch means. Adjustments can be made easily.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the storage device comprises:
Since the first to third positions are stored in advance, the position of the side mirror can be automatically adjusted according to the use condition of the vehicle, and garage parking, parallel parking, and the like can be performed quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vehicle to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the inside of the vehicle of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control flow in position adjustment of a side mirror.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing first to third positions of a side mirror.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 vehicle 5 vehicle mirror device 7 side mirror 9 storage means 13 drive means 15 control means 17 rear wheel tire 18 rear part of vehicle 19 setting switch (switch means)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A side mirror of a vehicle, a driving unit for adjusting a position of the side mirror, a storage unit for storing a set position of the side mirror in advance, a switch unit for instructing an output to the storage unit, Control means for controlling the drive means to a set position stored in the storage means according to the output signal; and a mirror device for a vehicle. 2. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the side mirror has a first position that captures the vicinity of the ground contact surface of the rear wheel tire, a second position that captures the vicinity of the rear portion of the vehicle, and a third position that captures the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle mirror device according to claim 1, wherein?