JP5172543B2 - Mirror for vehicle - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle mirror that reflects the exterior of a vehicle using a plurality of mirror bodies.

A first mirror that reflects the front side of the vehicle and a second mirror that reflects a reflected image of the first mirror toward an occupant in the passenger compartment are provided on the door of the vehicle. A vehicle mirror has been devised that reflects a portion that is likely to become a blind spot from the passenger (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-255915 A

  However, in this vehicle mirror, when trying to confirm the current vehicle position by relying on the image reflected in the second mirror when the vehicle is parked in parallel or when the vehicle is shifted, the external target reflected in the second mirror It is difficult to grasp the positional relationship between the object and the host vehicle, and this tendency is particularly strong when a mirror body having a curved surface is used to widely reflect the surroundings of the vehicle.

  Therefore, the present invention is intended to provide a vehicle mirror that can easily grasp the positional relationship between the host vehicle and surrounding targets.

The invention according to claim 1, which solves the above problem, includes a first mirror body (for example, a first mirror body 23 in an embodiment described later) facing forward of the vehicle, and a reflected image of the first mirror body. a second mirror member for reflecting the passenger in the passenger compartment (e.g., the second mirror 24 in the embodiment) and, in the vehicle mirror having a said first mirror body, the vehicle rear Provided in a mirror housing (for example, a mirror housing 20 in an embodiment described later) of a door mirror for visual recognition (for example, a door mirror 19 in an embodiment described later), and indicates the relative position with respect to the vehicle body on the mirror surface of the first mirror body A concave groove (for example, concave grooves 27a and 27b in the embodiments described later) is formed as the instruction means.
Thereby, the instruction by the concave groove as the instruction means is superimposed on the reflected image in front of the vehicle that can be seen by the occupant through the second mirror body. The occupant can grasp the position of the host vehicle by relying on an instruction by the concave groove visible on the reflected image.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle mirror according to the first aspect, the concave groove is a first concave groove extending in a substantially vertical direction (for example, a concave groove 27a in an embodiment described later). A second groove extending in a substantially horizontal direction (for example, a groove 27b in an embodiment described later), and the first groove and the second groove intersect each other. Features.

The invention of claim 3 is the vehicle mirror according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the adjustable only mirror angle of the second mirror member.
Thereby, since only the mirror surface angle of the second mirror body is adjusted, the relative positions of the first mirror body, the vehicle body, and the image range do not change during the adjustment.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle mirror according to any one of the first to third aspects, the first mirror body is disposed below the front of the vehicle along the convex surface of the front portion of the mirror housing. It is characterized by being arranged toward
As a result, a region that is likely to become a blind spot below the front of the vehicle is visually recognized by the occupant through the first mirror body and the second mirror body. In addition, since the first mirror body is disposed along the convex surface of the front portion of the mirror housing and downwards in the front portion of the vehicle, the lamp body or street light of another vehicle reflected by the first mirror body outside the vehicle Light will not be directed toward the occupant of the oncoming vehicle.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle mirror according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the second mirror body is an interior of a front pillar (for example, a front pillar 11 in an embodiment described later). The door mirror is disposed on a side surface, and the door mirror is disposed in the vicinity of the front pillar at a vehicle outer side portion sandwiching a front quarter window (for example, a window 16 in an embodiment described later).
As a result, the second mirror body is disposed on the inner side surface of the front pillar, which is originally positioned obliquely forward of the occupant, so that the second mirror body does not create a new blind spot. Further, since the first mirror body on the door mirror is disposed close to the second mirror body with the front quarter window interposed therebetween, the size of the image on the front side of the vehicle that moves to the second mirror body is sufficiently large. Will be secured.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the relative position with respect to the vehicle body can be indicated on the reflected image by the concave groove formed on the mirror surface of the first mirror body on the mirror housing of the door mirror . While having a simple structure that does not cause soaring, the occupant can easily recognize the positional relationship between the host vehicle and the surrounding target.
Moreover, according to this invention, the water droplet adhering to the 1st mirror body on a mirror housing can be rapidly discharged | emitted through a ditch | groove.

According to the third aspect of the invention, since only the mirror surface angle of the second mirror body can be adjusted , the second mirror can be adjusted without changing the relative positions of the first mirror body, the vehicle body, and the image range. By adjusting the mirror angle of the body, the position of the reflected image seen from the passenger can be easily adjusted. In addition, when both the mirror angles of the mirror bodies can be adjusted, the image range is easily shifted from the target area by repeating the adjustment, but in the present invention, only the mirror angle of the second mirror body is adjusted. Since it is possible, the image range reflected in the mirror can always be maintained appropriately.

According to the invention described in claim 4 , since the area that tends to become a blind spot below the front of the vehicle is projected through the first mirror body and the second mirror body, the visibility of the vehicle can be improved, Since the first mirror body is disposed along the convex surface of the front portion of the mirror housing and downward in the front of the vehicle, the dazzling effect on the oncoming vehicle due to the reflection of the first mirror body can be reduced.

According to the invention described in claim 5 , since the second mirror body is disposed on the inner side surface of the front pillar, it is possible to improve the visibility without generating a blind spot by the second mirror body, In addition, since the first mirror body and the second mirror body are arranged close to each other with the front quarter window interposed therebetween, a sufficiently large size of the image reflected on the second mirror body is secured to pass through the mirror body. Visibility can also be improved.
In addition, since the second mirror body is disposed on the inner side surface of the front pillar, the amount of protrusion of the second mirror body toward the vehicle inner side can be reduced, and the design can be improved and the adhesion of dirt can be prevented. .

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the figure, arrows F and R indicate the front and rear of the vehicle, respectively, and arrows R and L indicate the right direction (right direction when viewed from the driver's seat) and the left direction (left direction when viewed from the driver's seat). Each shall be indicated.
FIG. 1 is a bird's-eye view of a vehicle 1 employing the vehicle mirror 10 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the vehicle 1, and FIG. 3 is a view of the vehicle mirror 10 from the vehicle interior side of the vehicle 1. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a part thereof.

In these drawings, W is a windshield glass at the front of the vehicle 1, 11 is a front pillar that supports both sides of the windshield glass W, and 12 is attached to the side of the vehicle body so as to be openable and closable. The front side door 13 is a raising / lowering glass attached to the front side door 12 so as to be raised and lowered.
A sub pillar 14 extending substantially vertically downward is connected to the front edge of the front pillar 11, and the sub pillar 14 together with the front pillar 11 and the body side panel 15 forms a substantially triangular window 16 (front quarter window). ing. The window 16 is fitted with a front quarter glass 17 for fitting.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a door mirror 19 is attached to the front upper end of the front side door 12 outside the vehicle via a mirror base 18. The door mirror 19 is provided with an opening 21 on the rear side of the vehicle body of the mirror housing 20, and a mirror body 22 for rearward viewing is disposed in the opening 21. On the front side of the mirror housing 20, a first mirror body 23, which will be described later, constituting one mirror element of the vehicle mirror 10 is provided.

  Further, a second mirror body 24 that reflects the reflected image of the first mirror body 23 toward the passenger m in the vehicle interior is provided on the vehicle inner side surface on the lower end side of the front pillar 11. The second mirror body 24 constitutes the vehicle mirror 10 together with the first mirror body 23. Further, the second mirror body 24 is disposed in the vicinity of the first mirror body 23 with the front quarter glass 17 interposed therebetween.

  The vehicle mirror 10 reflects an image in front of the vehicle toward an occupant m in the vehicle interior by double reflection by the first mirror body 23 and the second mirror body 24, and passes through both mirror bodies 23 and 24. The range of the image projected on the passenger m is a range P (see FIGS. 1 and 2) including a side portion of the vehicle body on the front side of the door mirror 19 and a set width region outside the vehicle width direction. ing. Therefore, for example, when the vehicle is parked in parallel or the width of the vehicle is close, the side portion of the vehicle body and the periphery of its feet can be viewed through the mirror bodies 23 and 24. However, in this embodiment, the second mirror body 24 is supported by an angle adjustment mechanism (not shown), and the second mirror body 24 is adjusted by the angle adjustment mechanism according to the posture and seating position of the occupant m seated on the seat. The reflection angle can be adjusted. In FIG. 1, 25 is a lane marking painted on the road surface, and 26 is an installation (for example, a cone) installed parallel to the lane marking 25.

FIG. 5 is a view of the mirror housing 20 of the door mirror 19 as viewed from the front side of the vehicle 1, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the first mirror body 23 installed in the mirror housing 20.
The mirror housing 20 has a convex shape that is convex toward the front side of the vehicle, and the first mirror body 23 is arranged in the lower half area of the mirror housing 20 along the convex surface toward the lower front part of the vehicle. E in FIG. 5 is a standard use range on the mirror surface of the first mirror body 23. On the mirror surface of the first mirror body 23 including the use range E, a pair of concave grooves 27a and 27b whose cross sections are curved and are recessed and intersecting each other are formed. One groove 27a extends with a slight inclination with respect to the vertical line, and the other groove 27b extends with a slight inclination with respect to the horizontal line. These concave grooves 27a and 27b constitute instruction means for instructing a relative position with respect to the vehicle body.

  That is, the concave grooves 27a and 27b form a discontinuous line with the periphery due to the partial distortion on the reflected image reflected on the first mirror body 23, and this line passes through the second mirror body 24 to the occupant m. It has come to be visually recognized. The positional relationship between the vehicle body 30 of the host vehicle and the grooves 27a and 27b on the reflected image reflected on the second mirror body 24 does not basically change even when the vehicle 1 moves. The relative position between the vehicle and the target can be determined by checking the line of the concave grooves 27a and 27b and the position of the target.

  A line of the vertical groove 27a is set so as to pass on an extension line on the front side of the outermost position of the door mirror 19, and a line of the horizontal groove 27b is an extension line in the vehicle width direction of the front end portion of the vehicle. It is set to pass through. From this, the passenger | crew m can grasp | ascertain the positional relationship of the side part of the vehicle 1 with respect to a target object, and a front-end part.

  Specifically, for example, when the vehicle 1 is brought closer so that the vehicle body side portion is sufficiently close to the lane marking and the vehicle body front end portion matches the position of the front installation object 26 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the occupant m has a longitudinal groove 27a line reflected in the second mirror body 24 along the partition line 25 and a lateral groove 27b line in front of the installation object 26. The vehicle 1 is operated so as to intersect. Thereby, the passenger | crew m can drive | operate, grasping | ascertaining the positional relationship of a target object and the own vehicle substantially correctly.

  Further, the image range reflected on the second mirror body 24 varies depending on the posture and the seating position of the occupant m. For this reason, it is necessary to adjust the image range in accordance with the posture and seating position of the occupant m. In this case, the mirror surface angle of the second mirror body 24 is adjusted with the first mirror body 23 fixed. . At this time, since the relative position between the first mirror body 23 and the vehicle body 30 and the image range is not changed, the position of the reflected image seen from the occupant m can be easily adjusted. In addition, unlike the case where the adjustment of the mirror surface angle of both mirrors 23 and 24 is repeated, the image range reflected on the mirrors 23 and 24 can always be maintained appropriately.

Further, in this vehicle mirror 10, the first mirror body 23 is disposed on the mirror housing 20 of the door mirror 19 along the convex surface of the front portion of the mirror housing 20 so as to face the vehicle front lower portion. An area that tends to be a blind spot below the front part of 1 can be projected through the first mirror body 23 and the second mirror body 24, and visibility during driving can be improved.
Furthermore, in the case of this vehicle mirror 10, the first mirror body 23 is disposed on the front surface of the mirror housing 20 on the vehicle front side, but the mirror surface of the first mirror body 23 faces the front lower side. The light irradiated from the outside (for example, the headlamp light or streetlight light of the oncoming vehicle) is not reflected toward the passenger m of the oncoming vehicle. For this reason, the dazzling effect with respect to an oncoming vehicle can be reduced.

Further, in this vehicle mirror 10, since the second mirror body 24 is disposed on the inner side surface of the front pillar 11, the second mirror body 24 does not create a new blind spot. Visibility can be improved. Further, in this vehicle mirror 10, since the second mirror 24 is disposed close to the first mirror member 23 on the door mirror 19 across the front quarter glass 17, the first mirror member 23 The reflected image can be projected on the second mirror body 24 without reducing the size, and this can also contribute to improving the visibility.
Moreover, in this vehicle mirror 10 , since the 2nd mirror body 24 is attached to the vehicle interior side surface of the front pillar 11 substantially flatly, there exists an advantage that the improvement of design property and prevention of adhesion of dirt can be aimed at. .

Further, in the vehicle mirror 10 is concave grooves 27a on the first mirror 23 on the door mirror 19, since the formation of the 27b, the water droplets such as rainwater adhering to the first mirror member 23, grooves 27a, It can drain quickly through 27b.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment, A various design change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary. For example, in the above embodiment, the first mirror body 23 is formed with one vertical and horizontal concave grooves 27a and 27b. However, as shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 27b may be formed. Thereby, the positional relationship between the vehicle body and surrounding objects can be grasped more accurately. Further, the groove 27a formed in the first mirror body 23 may be formed in a region other than the usage range E as shown in FIG. In this case, drainage can be enhanced even in areas other than the use range E.

1 is a bird's-eye view of a vehicle showing an embodiment of the present invention. The side view of the vehicle which shows the embodiment. The perspective view which looked at the vehicle mirror attached to the vehicle of the embodiment from the vehicle interior side. The enlarged view of the A section of FIG. 3 which shows the same embodiment. The front view of the door mirror of the embodiment. Sectional drawing corresponding to the BB cross section of FIG. 6 of the door mirror of the embodiment. The front view of the door mirror which shows the modification of the embodiment. The perspective view which showed the modification and showed the mirror for vehicles attached to the vehicle from the vehicle interior side. The front view of the door mirror which shows another modification of the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

10 ... Mirror for vehicle 11 ... Front pillar 16 ... Window (front quarter window)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 19 ... Door mirror 20 ... Mirror housing 23 ... 1st mirror 24 ... 2nd mirror
27a ... groove (first groove)
27b ... concave groove (second concave groove)

Claims (5)

A first mirror facing the front of the vehicle;
A second mirror that reflects the reflected image of the first mirror toward the passenger in the vehicle interior;
In a vehicle mirror equipped with
The first mirror body is provided in a mirror housing of a door mirror for vehicle rearward viewing,
A vehicular mirror characterized in that a concave groove is formed on the mirror surface of the first mirror body as an instruction means for indicating a relative position with respect to a vehicle body . The groove includes a first groove extending in a substantially vertical direction and a second groove extending in a substantially horizontal direction, and the first groove and the second groove are The vehicle mirror according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle mirror intersects each other . The vehicle mirror according to claim 1, wherein only a mirror surface angle of the second mirror body can be adjusted . The vehicle mirror according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first mirror body is disposed along a convex surface of a front portion of the mirror housing toward a lower front portion of the vehicle. The second mirror body is disposed on an inner side surface of a front pillar, and the door mirror is disposed in a vehicle outer side portion sandwiching a front quarter window so as to be close to the front pillar. The vehicle mirror according to claim 1.

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