JP2001180378A - Automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automobile capable of confirming a front passenger seat side front wheel peripheral situation where is a dead ground from a driver's seat from the driver's seat. SOLUTION: In this automobile having door mirrors 1a, 1b, a small camera 4 is arranged on a front passenger seat side door mirror 1a or 1b, and an image display part 6 for displaying a front wheel peripheral image photographed by the camera 4 is arranged in a position easily visible from a driver's seat such as a dashboard 5 in a car.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile having a door mirror.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when passing an oncoming vehicle on a narrow road, it may be necessary to bring the vehicle to the side of a road, a side ditch, or other obstacles. In such a case, the area around the rear wheel can be confirmed by the door mirror, but the area around the front wheel, especially around the front wheel on the passenger side (around the left front wheel in a right-hand drive vehicle, around the right front wheel in a left-hand drive car) Even in a type of car, the blind spot is from the driver's seat,
It is often difficult for a driver to work alone.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention focuses on the fact that a door mirror protrudes to the side of a vehicle body, and the situation around the front wheel on the passenger seat side, which is a blind spot from the driver's seat. Is provided from a driver's seat.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, a small camera is provided in a door mirror on the passenger seat side of an automobile, and the camera is provided in the vehicle at a position easily viewable from a driver's seat. An image display unit is provided for displaying an image around the front wheel taken.

[0005] According to the above configuration, the driver can check the situation around the front wheels on the passenger seat side, which is a blind spot from the driver's seat, by looking at the image display section as necessary. Therefore, when passing an oncoming vehicle on a narrow road, it is easy to bring the vehicle to the side of a road, a side ditch, or other obstacles, and it is possible to safely pass an oncoming vehicle on a narrow road.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 3 show door mirrors 1a and 1b.
1 shows an example of an automobile A provided with: Door mirror 1a or 1b on the passenger seat side (left mirror 1 on right-hand drive vehicles)
a, on the right side door mirror 1b in the case of a left-hand drive car, a mirror outer shell portion for exterior covering the front of the mirror surface 2 (manufactured as a part of an automobile, and configured to be able to stand up and down around the vertical axis with respect to the door). 4 and 5, preferably at a position near the outer end and near the lower end, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. Is built-in. “a” indicates the field of view of the camera 4.

The camera 4 is configured to take out the captured image as an electric signal. In the vehicle, an image around the front wheels, which is captured by the camera 4, is located at a position, such as a dashboard 5, which is easy to see from a driver's seat. Is displayed. The image display unit 6 is provided with an operation panel 7 including a power switch and the like. Camera 4
The electric signal line between the image display unit 6 and the mirror outer shell 3
Are wired through a hollow portion on the vertical axis which supports the robot so that it can stand upright.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the camera 4 may be provided with the camera built-in portion 3a locally protruding from the surface of the mirror outer shell 3, as shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 7, the surface of the mirror outer shell 3 may be provided with no irregularities, such as by being covered with a transparent window 3b flush with the surface of the mirror outer shell 3. As the image display unit 6, for example, a liquid crystal display is used. The image display unit 6 may be dedicated to monitoring around the front wheels, but the image display unit of the car navigator may be used to operate the switches on the operation panel 7 to monitor around the front wheels. It is desirable to configure so as to be used by switching.

According to the above configuration, the driver can confirm the situation around the front wheels on the passenger seat side, which is a blind spot from the driver's seat, by looking at the image display unit 6 as necessary. . Therefore, it is easy to bring the vehicle to the shoulder of a road, a side ditch, or other obstacles, and it is possible to safely pass an oncoming vehicle on a narrow road.

[0010]

Since the present invention has the above-described structure,
You can check the situation around the front wheel, which is a blind spot from the driver's seat, inside the car, and it is easy to bring the car to the side of the road, on the side gutter, or other obstacles, and safely pass by oncoming vehicles on narrow roads. There are effects such as being able to do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view illustrating an automobile according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating an automobile according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the inside of a vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a door mirror.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the door mirror.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a door mirror showing another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a door mirror showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

A: automobile, 1a, 1b: door mirror, 4: camera, 6
... Image display unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A small camera is provided in a door mirror on a passenger seat side of an automobile, and is provided in the vehicle at a position easy to see from a driver's seat.
An automobile having an image display unit for displaying an image around the front wheels captured by the camera.