JP2675849B2 - Interior rearview mirror - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an interior rearview mirror used in an automobile or the like, and more particularly to an interior rearview mirror capable of displaying necessary characters, symbols and the like.

<Background Art> Currently, an interior rearview mirror for driving is provided inside an automated person such as a passenger car or a taxi.

Generally, the interior rearview mirror includes a frame body having a mirror on the front side, and the frame body is movably supported from the interior ceiling.

By the way, in a taxi of automobiles, a "forwarding" display device, an "empty" display device, and the like are provided near the windshield, and the surroundings of the windshield are complicated.

In such a case, if it is possible to display a necessary character such as "forward" or "empty" by the interior rearview mirror, it is convenient because it is not necessary to provide a display device other than the interior rearview mirror.

<Disclosure of the Invention> An object of the present invention is to provide an interior rearview mirror capable of displaying necessary characters and the like on the exterior by the interior rearview mirror and organizing around the windshield.

A feature of the present invention is an interior rearview mirror having a mirror on the front side, a frame body movably supported from the interior ceiling, and a display device provided on the back side of the frame body.

<Brief Description of the Drawings> FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of an interior rearview mirror according to the present invention, an overall perspective view of a passenger vehicle provided with an interior rearview mirror, and FIG. 2 is FIG. Of the interior rearview mirror of FIG. 3 viewed from the display device side, FIG. 3 is a view of the interior rearview mirror of FIG. 1 viewed from the mirror side, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3, and FIG. It is a figure which shows the 2nd Example of the interior rearview mirror which concerns on this, and is a perspective view which shows the passenger vehicle provided with the interior rearview mirror. FIG. 6 is the figure which looked at the interior rearview mirror of FIG. 5 from the display apparatus side. FIG. 7 is a plan view of the interior rearview mirror of FIG. 5, FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line VIII-VIII of FIG. 6, FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line IX-IX of FIG. 6, and FIG. Interior Rearview Mirror A side sectional view showing a third embodiment, and FIG. 11 shows a display plate and a cover of the interior rearview mirror of FIG. FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing another display plate and cover of the interior rearview mirror shown in FIG. 10, and FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a fourth embodiment of the interior rearview mirror according to the present invention. 13 is a side sectional view showing a light emitting device of the interior rearview mirror of FIG. 13, FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing light emission control of the interior rearview mirror of FIG. 13, and FIG. 16 is a rewriting operation in the memory of FIG. FIG. 17, FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing another contact of the light emitting device in the indoor rearview mirror of FIG. 13, and FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing another light emitting device of the indoor rearview mirror of FIG.

<Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention> §1 First Embodiment of Interior Rearview Mirror A first embodiment of the interior rearview mirror according to the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 1 to 4.

In FIG. 1, an interior rearview mirror is provided inside the passenger car 1.
Ten are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the interior rearview mirror 10 includes a support rod 15 fixed to the interior ceiling of the passenger car 1 and a frame body 11 movably supported at the tip of the support rod 15. I have it.

A mirror 12 for the driver is provided on the front side (driver side) of the frame body 11, and a display plate 13 is provided on the back side (outside side) of the frame body 11. The display plate 13 is made of, for example, a colored acrylic plate, and necessary characters, symbols, etc., for example, the characters 13a are punched out on the display plate 13. Other than the acrylic plate, other synthetic resin plate, ceramics plate, glass plate or the like may be used.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described.

During driving, the driver looks while looking at the front mirror 12 of the frame 11. In this case, on the back side of the frame 11,
Since a display board 13 having the necessary characters 13a punched out is provided, a person outside the passenger car 1 can use the display board 13 to display the characters.
Can recognize 13a.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the character 13a can be recognized by an external person by the display plate 13 provided on the back side of the frame, it is not necessary to provide another display device near the windshield, You can arrange around the windshield.

§2 Second Embodiment of Interior Rearview Mirror A second embodiment of the interior rearview mirror according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 9.

A conventional interior rearview mirror 10 is provided inside the passenger car 1. The conventional interior rearview mirror 10 includes a support rod 15 fixed to the interior ceiling of the passenger car 1, and the support rod 15
And a frame 11 movably supported at the tip of the mirror and provided with a mirror on the front side (driver's side). A display device 20 is detachably provided on the back side (outside) of the frame body 11.

This display device 20 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6 to 9.

The display device 20 includes a display body 21. This display body 21 is a frame body of the interior rearview mirror 10 at the upper and lower ends of one surface.
It has engaging claws 24 that engage with the upper and lower ends of 11, and has a display portion 22 on the other surface.

The display unit 22 is made of, for example, a colored acrylic plate,
The required character 22a is punched out on 22.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described.

First, the display device 20 is mounted on the back side of the frame 11 of the conventional indoor rearview mirror 10 having a mirror on the front side. That is, the engaging claw 24 of the display device 20 is the frame body of the interior rearview mirror 10.
The display device 20 is firmly fixed to the back side of the frame body 11 by being engaged with the upper and lower ends of the frame body 11.

In this way, the display device 20 is mounted on the frame 11 of the interior rearview mirror 10.
By mounting it on the back side of the vehicle, the display unit 22 of the display device 20 faces outward of the passenger car 1, and an external person can recognize the character 22a by the display unit 22.

According to the present embodiment, the display device 20 can be detachably provided on the rear side of the frame 11 of the conventional indoor rearview mirror 10, so that it can be widely applied to the existing indoor rearview mirror 10.

Although an example in which the acrylic plate having the characters 22a punched out is used as the display unit 22 is shown, the light emitting diode (LED), electroluminescence (EL), or liquid crystal element (LCD) may be used. . Thus, as the display unit 22, L
When ED, EL or LCD is used, a wiring cable 25 connected between a battery (not shown) of the passenger car and the display unit 22 secures a necessary power source.

Further, a solar cell 23 is arranged above the display body 21, and the solar cell 23 may be used as a power source for the display unit 22.

§3 Third Embodiment of Interior Rearview Mirror A third embodiment of the interior rearview mirror according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 12.

As shown in FIG. 10, the interior rearview mirror 10 includes a support rod 15 fixed to the interior ceiling of a passenger car, and a frame 11 movably supported at the tip of the support rod 15.

The frame 11 has a hollow box shape, and a mirror 12 for a driver is provided on the front side of the frame 11. On the other hand, the frame 11
A display plate 31 and a cover 32 are attached to the back side of the in a superposed state. Further, a magnet 35 is attached to the rear edge of the frame body 11, and an iron piece 36 is attached to the edge of the cover 32 on the display plate 31 side. The display plate 31 and the cover 32 are fixed to the frame body 11 by the iron pieces 36 of the cover 32 and the magnets 35 of the frame body 11.

A socket 38 is provided at the center of the inner wall surface of the frame body 11 on the mirror 12 side, and a light source 33 is attached to the socket 38. Furthermore, the light from the light source 33 is displayed inside the frame 11.
A reflecting plate 34 for reflecting on the 31 side is provided.

The socket 38 and the battery of the passenger car (not shown)
A wiring cable 40 is connected between these and. This wiring cable 40 has an upper opening groove formed in the support bar 15.
It is located within 15.

Next, the display plate 31 and the cover 32 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 11, the display plate 31 is made of an opaque acrylic plate, and the necessary characters 31a are punched out on the display plate 31. The cover 32 is made of a translucent acrylic plate.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having such a configuration will be described in detail.

During driving, the driver can see the mirror 12 provided on the front side of the frame 11.
Drive while looking into.

When the switch (not shown) of the light source 33 is OFF, the character 31 of the display plate 31 is covered with the translucent cover 32, and therefore the character 31a of the display plate 31 cannot be recognized from the outside.

Next, the driver turns on the switch of the light source 33. In this case, the light from the light source 33 is concentrated on the display plate 31 and the cover 32 side by the reflection plate 34. After that, this light passes through the display plate 31 and the cover 32, and is transmitted to an external person by the characters 31 on the display plate 31.
Recognize a.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the driver performs the ON / OFF operation of the switch of the light source 33, so that the character 31a of the display plate 31 can be recognized by an external person as necessary. Further, the display plate 31 and the cover 32 are the iron pieces 36 of the cover 32.
Since it is fixed to the frame body 11 by the magnet 35 of the frame body 11, it is ready for attachment and detachment, and the display plate 31 can be freely replaced.

Instead of the display plate 31 and the cover 32, a display plate 41 and a cover 42 as shown in FIG. 12 may be provided on the back side of the frame body 11.

That is, as shown in FIG. 12, the display plate 41 is made of a translucent acrylic plate, and the characters 41a necessary for this display plate 41 are used.
Project toward the cover 42 side. On the other hand, the cover 42 is made of an opaque acrylic plate, and the cover 42 is formed with stamped characters 42a corresponding to the characters 41a protruding from the display plate 41.

§4 Fourth Embodiment of Interior Rearview Mirror A fourth embodiment of the interior rearview mirror according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 to 17.

As shown in FIG. 13, the interior rearview mirror 10 includes a support rod 15 fixed to the interior ceiling and a frame 11 movably supported by the tip of the support rod 15.

The frame 11 has a hollow box shape, and inside the frame 11, a partition plate 63 for partitioning the inside of the frame 11 into a front side and a back side is provided. The central portion of the partition plate 63 is punched and penetrates.

A mirror 12 for a driver is provided on the front side of the frame 11, while a light emitting device 50 is mounted on the back side of the frame 11.

As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the light emitting device 50 is a substrate
A large number of luminous bodies 52 are arranged over substantially the entire area of one surface of 51, and the large number of luminous bodies 52 are covered with a film cover 53. Further, the outer periphery of the light emitting bodies 52 arranged in large numbers is covered with an edging cover 58. This luminous body 52
For example, a light emitting diode (LED), an electroluminescence (EL) or a liquid crystal element (LCD) is used.

Further, the IC chip 54 is provided on the other surface of the substrate 51, and further, at one end portion of the surface of the substrate 51 on the IC chip 54 side,
A contact 56 is provided, which is connected to the IC chip 54 by a disposing wire 59. Similarly, iron pieces 55 are attached to both ends of the surface of the substrate 51 on the IC chip 54 side.

On the other hand, when the light emitting device 50 is mounted on the back side of the frame body 11, the partition plate 63 of the frame body 11 has a magnet 6 that is in close contact with the iron piece 55 of the substrate 51.
2, and a contact 61 that contacts the contact 56 of the substrate 51.

Further, the contact points 61 of the partition plate 63 are connected to a battery (not shown) of a passenger car or the like by means of an arrangement cable 64, and the wiring cable 64 is connected to the upper opening groove 15 formed in the support rod 15.
It is located in a.

The light emission control of the light emitting device 50 is performed by the IC chip 54, and this light emission control will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

A character generator 65 is connected to the substrate 51 of the light emitting device 50, and a memory 6 is connected to the character generator 65.
6, a decoder 67, and a switch 68 are sequentially connected, and the character generator 65, the memory 66, the decoder 67, and the switch 68 constitute a light emission control device.

Of these, the character generator 65 supplies a necessary current to the substrate 51 in order to light a predetermined light emitting body 52 on the substrate 51. Further, the memory 66 has a plurality of memory areas, and the coordinate position information (for example, coordinate information such as “forwarding” or “empty vehicle”) of the light emitting body 52 to be turned on is stored for each memory area. Further, the decoder 67 decodes the selection signal from the switch 68 and outputs a predetermined address signal to the memory 66. The coordinate position information stored in the memory 66 can be replaced externally.

Further, the character generator 65, the memory 66, and the decoder 67 are arranged in the IC chip 54.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described.

First, the light emitting device 50 is mounted on the back side of the frame body 11, and the iron piece 55 of the substrate 51 is brought into close contact with the magnet 62 of the partition plate 63 to attach the light emitting device 50 to the frame body.
Fix on the back side of 11.

While driving, the driver looks while looking at the mirror 12 on the front side of the frame 11.

Next, the driver switches the switch 68 to a desired position, and a large number of light emitters arranged on the entire one surface of the substrate 51.
The desired character is displayed by 52.

That is, as shown in FIG. 15, when the driver switches the switch 68 to a desired position (for example, "forwarding"), the switch
A selection signal is output from 68 to the decoder 67, and the decoder 67 decodes the selection signal and outputs a predetermined address signal to the memory 66.

The memory 66 outputs a predetermined coordinate position signal to the character generator 65 in response to the address signal from the decoder 67.
Based on this coordinate position signal, the character generator 65 supplies a current necessary for turning on a predetermined light emitting body 52 among the light emitting bodies 52 arranged on one surface of the substrate 51. By turning on the light-emitting body 52 in this manner, it is possible to display predetermined characters, symbols, etc., such as “forward”, to an external person.

Next, when the driver switches the switch 68 to "empty", the light-emitting body 52 lights up and the character "empty" is displayed in the same manner as described above.

In this case, the characters displayed with the light-emitting body 52 lit can be arbitrarily switched to "TAXI", "stop", etc. in addition to "forwarding" and "empty".

Further, the coordinate position information stored in the memory 66 can be rewritten from the outside. By thus rewriting the coordinate position information in the memory 66, the characters displayed from the light emitting body 52 can be rewritten as shown in FIG. 16, for example, according to the type of passenger vehicle in which the interior rearview mirror is mounted.

In the above embodiment, when the light emitting device 50 is mounted on the back side of the frame body 11, the contact point 56 of the substrate 51 and the contact point 61 of the partition plate 63.
An example is shown in which the two are brought into contact. However, as shown in FIG. 17, the plug 71 of the substrate 51 is connected to the outlet hole 72 of the partition plate 63.
It may be attached to.

Further, although the example in which the light emitting body 52 is arranged on substantially the entire one surface of the substrate 51 is shown, the light emitting body 76 is arranged on the character portion “JIN” of the substrate 51 as shown in FIG. 18, for example. Alternatively, the power supply solar cell 77 may be arranged in other portions. In this case, the solar cell 77 can be used as a power source regardless of the battery of the passenger car.

Furthermore, an example in which an arbitrary character is displayed on the light emitting body 52 has been shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and an LCD may be used for the light emitting body 52 and this LCD may be used as a television screen. In this case, the driver stops the passenger car, rotates the guide rearview mirror 10, and sees the television image from the light emitter 52 of the light emitting device 50 mounted on the back side of the frame 11.

<Industrial field of application> The interior rearview mirror according to the present invention can display necessary characters and the like outside by being provided inside various automobiles such as taxis and delivery vehicles. Further, by using an LCD as a light emitting body of the light emitting device, it can be used as a television screen in addition to displaying characters and the like. In addition, the taxi display device can be used to display or blink TAXI, vacant cars, interceptors, surcharges, forwarding, SOS, direction, etc. by a select switch in conjunction with the taxi meter. Further, instead of the speed indicator lamp of the truck, the speed can be displayed and emitted by a digital number display in conjunction with a speedometer on the display device. In addition, the entire surface of the light emitting device is made to emit color light, and can be used as an illumination lamp or a mood illumination lamp. Further, the light-emitting device may emit a light-emission display or a blinking light-emission display of a doctor's emergency parking, during a failure, during home delivery, during delivery, under construction, during business, company name, product name, company car number, and the like. Further, the light emitting device can be used for a flasher function for an oncoming vehicle and a blinking light emitting display such as STOP when a pedestrian crossing is in progress. In addition, a message can be displayed fluidly on the light-emitting device as a commercial medium like electronic news, and symbols, colors, patterns, letters, numbers, signals, etc. can be displayed by using fluorescent paints or fluorescent substances. can do. In addition, it is also possible to display the vehicle inspection, 6-month regular inspection time, etc. on the display device by the memory. Further, a portion of the display device that does not emit light can be used as a display place for inspection (vehicle inspection voucher) stickers, regular inspection stickers, stickers, and the like. The display device can also be used as a receiver for optical communication.
Further, the display device can be used as a light collector of a solar cell.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A frame (11) having a mirror (12) on the front side and movably supported by an indoor ceiling, and a display device (50) provided on the back side of the frame (11). 50) is a light emitting device in which a large number of light emitting bodies (52) are arranged on one surface of a substrate (51). The light emitting body (52) is controlled to emit light by a light emitting control device. A switch (68) switchable to a position, a decoder (67) which receives a predetermined selection signal from the switch (68), decodes the selection signal and outputs a predetermined address signal, and the decoder (67). A memory (66) which receives an address signal from the memory (66) and outputs a predetermined coordinate position signal, and a current required for a predetermined light emitter (52) of the substrate (51) based on the coordinate position signal from the memory (66). A character generator ( 65) An interior rearview mirror characterized by comprising 2. A frame (11) having a mirror (12) on the front side and movably supported from an indoor ceiling, and a display device (50) provided on the back side of the frame (11), 50) is a light emitting device in which a large number of light emitting bodies (52) are arranged on one surface of the substrate (51), and the light emitting body (52) is arranged so as to form characters on one surface of the substrate (51). And the light-emitting member (5) on one surface of the substrate (51).
The interior rearview mirror is characterized in that solar cells for power supply are arranged in parts other than 2).