JP3022959U - Vehicle mirror - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Problems] Conventionally, when the left and right views from the driver's seat are blocked by obstacles on the left and right sides of the vehicle, the left and right views are conventionally released from the driver's seat. You have to drive a frightening car until you are told. Mirrors 2 and 3 are attached to a vehicle right end portion and a vehicle right rear end portion of an automobile 1 and to a right side which is a driver's seat side in a width direction of the automobile, and are arbitrarily set by a driver 4. It is an electric rotating convex mirror that can be remotely rotated to an angle. When the mirrors 2 and 3 are in the positions shown in (A), the driver 4 moves near the right side of the front and rear ends of the vehicle.
When in the position shown in (B), the vicinity of the left side of the front end portion and the rear end portion of the vehicle can be seen. Therefore, unlike the conventional case, it is not necessary to pay attention to the position of the driver's seat, and it is possible to easily confirm the left and right safety.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the device belongs]

 The present invention relates to a vehicle mirror, and more particularly to a vehicle mirror for a driver of a vehicle such as a four-wheeled vehicle or a motorcycle to monitor left and right.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, a mirror of a four-wheeled vehicle (hereinafter, simply referred to as an automobile) is mainly composed of three points: a room mirror and left and right side mirrors (door mirrors). The room mirror monitors the rear of the vehicle, and the side mirror monitors the rear left and the rear right. In addition, rear under mirrors are also mounted on wagons, in particular, to compensate for blind spots in the lower rear part of the vehicle. In motorcycles, the left and right back mirrors can be used to monitor the diagonal left and right directions of the vehicle body.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, the above-mentioned conventional vehicle mirrors alone cannot eliminate the blind spots, which hinders safe driving. For example, especially in the case of a sedan type passenger car, as shown in Fig. 13 (A), for example, when exiting from a parking lot and the left and right views are blocked by a large truck or a wagon on the left and right, the driver Since you can see only within the narrow angle A range from the front, you cannot check the left and right safety and it is difficult to start. Similarly, when going out from a narrow road to a wide road or crossing a sidewalk to a driveway, check the left and right safety even if the left and right eyes are blocked by obstacles such as fences and buildings. It is difficult to start because it is not possible. In addition, the stop line is often too late, and if you stop there, you cannot check the left and right safety.

Therefore, conventionally, the driver slowly drives at an extremely low speed while paying attention to the left and right from the position shown in FIG. 12A to the position shown in FIG. I have to.

In the case of a right-hand drive vehicle, the passenger can see the room mirror and the right side mirror only by moving the line of sight, but the left side mirror (door mirror) cannot be seen without moving the face. Therefore, you have to look away from the front. Therefore, there is a very rare risk of causing an accident the moment you look at the left side mirror. Also, in the case of a right-hand drive car, there is the annoyance of having to look at the three mirrors mentioned above, and overlooking one of those mirrors may lead to an accident. If you set the wide-angle rearview mirror, you can see not only the back but also the left and right at the same time, but you can see even the pillars in the car and yourself.

Further, drivers such as boxed trucks, luggage-loaded trucks, and full-capacity buses cannot see directly behind the vehicle body. Therefore, there are some cases where TV cameras and monitors are used, but there is a problem that they are expensive.

Furthermore, even with the three mirrors, the lower left side of the vehicle body is a blind spot, so if there is a dangerous material (infant, stone, flowerbed, U-shaped groove, etc.) on the left side of the vehicle body, It is difficult to park close together. In order to eliminate the blind spot in the lower left part of the vehicle body, side under mirrors have been conventionally attached to high-height vehicles such as off-road vehicles, but they have the following problems.

That is, it is difficult to see because the side under mirror is too small (there is a design problem when the side under mirror is made large). The area near the rear wheel is visible, but the area near the front wheel is not visible (the rear wheel itself is not visible because there is little leftward projection). Since the vicinity of the front wheels is not visible, it is difficult to park on the left side when moving forward. The blind spot on the lower left side is the same for a regular car, but it is a design problem and the side under mirror is not attached (streamline type is preferred, and there is a tendency not to attach protrusions as much as possible). .

Furthermore, when the wagon vehicle starts rearward, the rear under mirror may be mounted to compensate for the blind spot in the lower rear part, but the left and right rear parts may become blind spots. This is the case when there are buildings, fences, large vehicles, etc. on one or both sides of the vehicle body.

The above is the case of a four-wheeled vehicle, but also in the case of a motorcycle, since the left and right mirrors are almost right next to the driver, it is necessary to move the neck to look at it. There is a rare possibility that an accident may occur due to inattention to the front because the person is reclined. In addition, the driver's shadow (shoulders and arms) cannot be seen immediately after the motorcycle.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle mirror capable of significantly reducing a blind spot from a driver.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle mirror capable of monitoring a wide area with an inexpensive structure.

[0013]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is provided on at least one of a vehicle front end portion and a vehicle rear end portion of a four-wheeled vehicle and at a driver's seat side position in the width direction of the vehicle. It is composed of a convex mirror.

Further, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a driver with a convex mirror that projects a rear side of a vehicle on a mirror surface in a wide angle, a first concave mirror that projects an image of the convex mirror, and an image of the first concave mirror. It is composed of a second concave mirror for projecting onto.

Here, it is desirable that the convex mirror and the first and second concave mirrors are housed in the same housing to form a mirror assembly, because it can be attached as an accessory after purchasing an automobile.

Further, according to the present invention, a first convex mirror for seeing the vicinity of the front wheels and a second convex mirror for seeing the lower part of the side surface of the vehicle body other than the front wheels are provided on the lower portions of the door mirrors on the side opposite to the driver's seat. The structure may be such that the angle is variable.

Further, according to the present invention, the rear under mirror attached to the lower rear part of the vehicle body is configured so that the angle can be freely changed. In addition, the second concave mirror is provided in the vicinity of the meter device of the motorcycle, the first concave mirror is provided on the left and right of the second concave mirror, and the convex mirror is provided on the left and right lower portions of the hand grip, respectively. Can be applied to.

Next, to explain the operation of the present invention, as described with reference to FIG. 12, when the left and right views from the driver's seat are blocked by the obstacles on the left and right sides of the vehicle, the conventional driving method is used. The reason for having to drive the chilling car until the left and right sights are released from the seat is because the driver's eyes are far behind the front and rear ends of the vehicle.

Therefore, in the present invention, a convex mirror whose angle can be freely changed is provided as a substitute for the eyes of the driver at both or one of the vehicle front end portion and the vehicle rear end portion. As a result, the driver can see the wide-angle range of the vehicle front end and / or the vehicle rear end through the convex mirror.

Further, the present invention comprises a convex mirror that projects the rear side of the vehicle on the mirror surface side at a wide angle, a first concave mirror that projects the image of the convex mirror, and a second concave mirror that projects the image of the first concave mirror on the driver. Because of the configuration, the driver can view the rear of the vehicle at a wide angle including the rear through the second concave mirror, the first concave mirror, and the convex mirror.

Further, according to the present invention, by the two convex mirrors attached to the lower part of the door mirror, the lower part of the vehicle body opposite to the driver's seat can be seen. Also, by making the rear under mirror rotatable, the lower part and the left and right rear can be seen.

[0022]

[Embodiment of device]

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a plan view and a side view of an automobile equipped with a first embodiment of a vehicle mirror according to the present invention. The same figure (A) is a plan view when looking to the right, the same figure (B) is a plan view when looking to the left, and the same figure (C) is a side view. As shown in FIGS. 1 (A) to 1 (C), the vehicle mirror of this embodiment has a vehicle right side front end portion and a vehicle right side rear end portion, and in a vehicle width direction, a driver's seat. Mirrors 2 and 3 mounted on the right side which is the side.

That is, the automobile 1 is a right-hand drive vehicle in which the driver 4 is located on the right side. The mirrors 2 and 3 are electrically rotating convex mirrors that can be remotely rotated by a driver 4 at an arbitrary angle. When the mirrors 2 and 3 are in the position shown in FIG. 1 (A), the driver 4 can see near the right side of the front end of the vehicle and near the right side of the rear end of the vehicle, as indicated by the broken line. When the mirrors 2 and 3 are in the positions shown in FIG. 1 (B), the driver 4 can see the vicinity of the left side of the front end of the vehicle and the vicinity of the left side of the rear end of the vehicle as indicated by the broken line. . In particular, the mirror 2 allows the driver 4 to see the left and right direction of the front end of the vehicle from the front without moving the face.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, as shown by a dotted arrow in FIG. 2, the driver's left and right views are for some reason (for example, a large truck or a wagon vehicle stops on the left or right). Even if there is a fence or a building), the driver monitors the left and right sides of the front end of the vehicle through the mirror 2 at the front end of the vehicle with the face facing forward. Can be seen. Therefore, unlike the conventional case, it is not necessary to pay attention to move to the position of the driver's seat, and the left and right safety confirmation can be easily performed. Similarly, in the case of the back, the left and right safety can be easily confirmed by using the mirror 3.

The angle of the mirror 2 should be changed when it is not necessary to look at the left and right, or when the brightness of the image from the left and right changes frequently, such as when driving in a busy street at night, which may hinder driving. Can be used as a fender mirror. Also, the mirrors 2 and 3 can be configured to be stored in the vehicle body. It should be noted that only one of the mirrors 2 and 3 may be used, or the mirror 2 may be an electric rotary type by improving the existing fender mirror. Furthermore, by placing the position of the current fender mirror further toward the front, It can also function as a light fender mascot.

FIG. 3 shows an automobile equipped with a second embodiment of a vehicle mirror according to the present invention. The same figure (A) is a front view, the same figure (B) is a rear view, the same figure (C) is a left side view, the same figure (D) is a plan view, and the same figure (E) is a side view showing the configuration of a mirror. It is a figure. As shown in FIGS. 3A to 3E, the vehicle mirror of this embodiment is a mirror assembly 6 attached to the front center portion of the roof of the automobile 5. The mirror assembly 6 is manufactured separately from the vehicle itself, and can be attached to the vehicle later if desired by the user.

As shown in FIG. 3 (E), the mirror assembly 6 includes a concave mirror 6a visible to the driver 7, a concave mirror 6b that substantially faces the concave mirror 6a, and a convex mirror 6c that substantially faces the concave mirror 6b. It is a composition. The mirror assembly 6 allows the driver 7 to view the exterior left and right rear of the vehicle body at a wide range of angles including the rear through the concave mirrors 6a and 6b and the convex mirror 6c as shown by the dotted arrow. Therefore, according to this embodiment, the driver can see the left and right rear sides outside the vehicle body with almost no deviation of the face from the front, and without reflecting the pillars inside the vehicle or the driver himself. That is, the mirror assembly 6 can combine the functions of the room mirror and the left and right side mirrors into one.

FIG. 4 shows an automobile including a third embodiment of the vehicle mirror according to the present invention and a modification thereof. The vehicle mirrors of the present embodiment and the modified examples whose front views are shown in FIGS. (A) and (B) are examples in which they are integrally attached at the manufacturing stage of the automobile 10. The vehicle mirror shown in FIG. 4A includes a concave mirror 11 mounted near the instrument portion in front of the driver's seat of the automobile 10, a concave mirror 12 attached to the central rear portion of the roof of the automobile 10, and the automobile 10 Convex mirror 13 attached to the front center part of the roof of the. The concave mirror 11 in the vehicle is incorporated as a part of the interior.

The convex mirror 13 projects the left and right rear of the automobile 10 at a wide angle, the concave mirror 12 projects the convex mirror 13, and the concave mirror 11 projects the concave mirror 12. Therefore, as shown by the dotted arrow, the driver 14 can view the exterior left, right, rear of the vehicle body through a wide range of angles, including the rear, through the concave mirrors 11 and 12 and the convex mirror 13. Therefore, according to this embodiment, the driver can view the outside left and right rear of the vehicle body without almost turning his / her face away from the front and without showing the pillars inside the vehicle or the driver himself. As a result, safer driving can be realized compared to the conventional method.

The modified example shown in FIG. 4B is an example in which the position of the concave mirror 12 of FIG. 4A is attached to a substantially central portion of the roof of the automobile 10. The same effect as in FIG. 4A is obtained by the vehicle mirror including the concave mirrors 11 and 15 and the convex mirror 13.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of an automobile equipped with a fourth embodiment of a vehicle mirror according to the present invention. The vehicle mirror of this embodiment includes a concave mirror 18 attached to the front right position near the driver's seat of the box truck 17 without a rear view, and a concave mirror 19 attached to the right rear part of the box truck 17. , A convex mirror 20 attached to the rear of the boxed truck 17. The convex mirror 20 projects the right and left angles at a wide angle, the concave mirror 19 projects the convex mirror 20, and the concave mirror 18 projects the convex mirror 19.

Therefore, as shown by the dotted arrow, the driver 21 can see the left, right, rear of the vehicle body from a wide range of angles including the right rear through the concave mirrors 18, 19 and the convex mirror 20. Therefore, according to this embodiment, the driver 21 can view the left, right, rear outside the vehicle through a wide range of angles including the rear, via the concave mirrors 18 and 19 and the convex mirror 20, as indicated by the dotted arrow. it can.

Here, the concave mirror 19 jumps up when the rear door 23 is opened and when it is closed, as shown in FIG. 6A, so as not to interfere with the opening and closing of the rear door 23. Is attached to a column 22 that moves to a predetermined position indicated by a solid line, or is a foldable type so that it is folded when the rear door 23 is opened, as shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 shows a vehicle mirror according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. The figure (A) is a plan view, the figure (B) is a side view, and the figure (C) is a rear view. As shown in FIGS. 7 (A) to 7 (C), the vehicle mirror of this embodiment has two convex mirrors 26 attached to the lower part of an automobile door mirror (right hand vehicle, left door mirror) 25. And 27.

The driver 28 can view the vicinity of the front wheel by the convex mirror 26, and can also view the lower rear part of the side surface (other than the vicinity of the front wheel) by the other convex mirror 27. By changing the angle, the convex mirror 27 can be used as a wide-angle mirror as shown by 27 'in FIG. With the wide-angle mirror 27 ', the field-of-view range, which is normally seen only by the door mirror 25 as shown by A in FIG. 8, can be expanded as shown by B. Similarly, when this embodiment is applied to the right side door mirror, the range indicated by B can be seen by the wide-angle mirror 29 1 in FIG.

With the convex mirrors 26 and 27 of this embodiment, it becomes possible to see a range that cannot be seen in the conventional side under mirror, and moreover, it can be mounted without any problem in terms of design. The convex mirrors 26 and 27 are configured so that the angle can be arbitrarily changed by the remote operation of the driver by electric power, and can be stored in the door mirror 25 manually or electrically. The electric angle variable structure can be realized by a known technique.

FIG. 9 shows a main part of an automobile equipped with a sixth embodiment of a vehicle mirror according to the present invention. The same figure (A) is a plan view, the same figure (B) is a side view, the same figure (C) is a rear view, the same figure (D) is a plan view when looking left rear, and the same figure (E) is right rear. It is a top view when seeing. As shown in FIGS. 9 (A) to 9 (E), the vehicle mirror of this embodiment is configured such that a rear under mirror of an automobile, particularly a wagon, can be electrically rotated left / right / forward. Therefore, the convex mirror 31 is used.

As shown in FIGS. 9A to 9C, the convex mirror 31 can be used as a normal rear under mirror by turning its mirror surface downward, and further by a remote operation of the driver. When the motor is operated electrically so that the mirror surface faces the left side as shown in FIG. 9D, the driver 32 monitors and visually recognizes the left rear at a wide angle as indicated by the dotted arrow in FIG. be able to. On the other hand, when the convex mirror 31 is operated so that its mirror surface faces the right side, the driver 32 can monitor and visually recognize the right rear with a wide angle as shown by the dotted arrow in FIG.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, the rear left and right rear blind mirrors sometimes have blind spots on the rear side, but this blind spot can be eliminated, and moreover, the rear lower part and the left and right blind spots can be formed by one mirror. It is economical because you can see each. The convex mirror 31 can also function as a side under mirror by rotating forward.

Next, an embodiment applied to a motorcycle will be described. FIG. 10 shows a front view and a side view of a seventh embodiment of a vehicle mirror according to the present invention, and FIG. 11 shows a plan view. In both figures, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals. The vehicle mirror of the seventh embodiment shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 is provided with concave mirrors 36, 37 and 38 provided on the meter device in front of the handle of the motorcycle 35, and on the left and right lower portions of the handle grip. Consists of convex mirrors 39 and 40 provided.

As a result, as shown in FIGS. 10 (B) and 11, the driver 41 can monitor and visually observe the diagonally right rear side at a wide angle via the concave mirrors 36, 37 and the convex mirror 39. In this case, since the concave mirror 36 that the driver 41 directly sees is on the meter device in front of the driver 41, the driver 41 keeps his or her face facing forward without looking left or right, and without seeing his own shadow, You can see even immediately afterwards. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 11, the driver 41 can monitor and visually observe the diagonally left rear side at a wide angle via the concave mirrors 36 and 38 and the convex mirror 40.

[0042]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the driver can view the wide-angle range of the vehicle front end and / or the vehicle rear end through the convex mirror. Even if there is something that blocks the view on both sides of the car, you can see the left and right sides of the vehicle's front end and the rear end of the vehicle without gradually advancing the car to the vicinity of the driver's seat, and realize safe driving.

Also, according to the present invention, the driver can view the rear of the vehicle at a wide angle including the rear right through the second concave mirror, the first concave mirror and the convex mirror, and can be installed at the lower part of the door mirror. With the two convex mirrors attached, you can see the lower part of the vehicle body opposite to the driver's seat, and by making the rear under mirror freely rotatable, you can see the lower part and left and right rear. The blind spots can be significantly reduced compared to, and safer driving can be achieved with a configuration that is less expensive than a configuration that uses a TV camera, etc., and has no design problem.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view and a side view of an automobile equipped with a first embodiment of a vehicle mirror according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an effect of the vehicle mirror of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view, a rear view, a left side view, a plan view of an automobile equipped with a second embodiment of a vehicle mirror according to the present invention.
It is a side view which shows the structure etc. of a mirror.

FIG. 4 shows an automobile including a third embodiment of a vehicle mirror according to the present invention and a modification thereof.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of an automobile including a vehicle mirror according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

6A and 6B are views for explaining each example of attachment of main parts of the vehicle mirror of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a plan view, a side view, and a rear view of a vehicle mirror according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram showing a visual field range of the vehicle mirror shown in FIG.

9A and 9B are a plan view, a side view, a rear view, and a plan view of left and right sides of an automobile including a vehicle mirror according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a front view and a side view of a motorcycle equipped with a seventh embodiment of a vehicle mirror according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of a motorcycle including a seventh embodiment of a vehicle mirror according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a problem of a conventional vehicle mirror.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 5, 10 Automobile 2, 3 Mirror (convex mirror) 6c, 13, 20, 26, 27, 31, 39, 40 Convex mirror 3, 6a, 6b, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 19, 36
~ 38 concave mirror 17 truck with box 23 rear door 25 door mirror 30 wagon car

Claims (6)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A vehicle mirror comprising a variable angle convex mirror provided on at least one of a vehicle front end portion and a vehicle rear end portion of a four-wheeled vehicle and at a position on the driver's seat side in the width direction of the vehicle. . 2. A vehicle comprising a convex mirror that projects a rear side of a vehicle on a mirror surface side at a wide angle, a first concave mirror that projects an image of the convex mirror, and a second concave mirror that projects an image of the first concave mirror onto a driver. For mirror. 3. A vehicle mirror in which the convex mirror and the first and second concave mirrors are housed in the same housing to form a mirror assembly. 4. A first convex mirror for viewing near the front wheel,
A vehicle mirror in which a second convex mirror for viewing the lower part of the vehicle body side other than the front wheels is attached to the lower part of the door mirror on the side opposite to the driver's seat so that the angle can be freely changed. 5. A vehicle mirror in which a rear under mirror attached to a lower rear portion of a vehicle body is configured so that its angle can be freely changed. 6. The second concave mirror is provided near a meter device of a motorcycle, the first concave mirror is provided on the left and right of the second concave mirror, and the convex mirror is provided on the left and right lower portions of the handgrip, respectively. Claim 2 which is provided
The described vehicle mirror.