KR19990011010A - Side mirror and room mirror automatic setting device - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosed invention includes a side mirror driving unit for rotating the side mirror; Side mirror operation means for applying a first drive control signal to the side mirror driver to determine a setting position of the side mirror; First storage means for storing at least one setting position of said side mirror set by said side mirror operating means; A room mirror driver for driving the room mirror; Room mirror operation means for applying a second drive control signal to the room mirror driver to determine a setting position of the room mirror; Second storage means for storing at least one setting position of the room mirror set by the room mirror operation means so as to correspond to a setting position of the side mirror; And a third mirror in the side mirror driving unit and the room mirror driving unit for automatically setting a setting position of the side mirror and a room mirror setting position stored in the first and second storage means by a driver's selection. A side mirror and room mirror automatic setting device comprising automatic setting selection means for applying a drive control signal. According to the present invention, when the driver changes or the driving posture is changed, by simply setting the position of the side mirror and the room mirror to a predetermined position with a simple button-type switch operation, the automation of the side mirror and room mirror settings and the safety of driving are secured. It can work.

Description

Side mirror and room mirror automatic setting device

The present invention relates to an automatic setting apparatus of a mirroring system including a side mirror / room mirror of an automobile, and more particularly, a side mirror and a room adapted to a plurality of driver body types and driving postures. The present invention relates to a side mirror and room mirror automatic setting device that can easily adjust to the driver's body shape even if the driver changes by remembering the mirror position.

In general, the side mirror and the room mirror are respectively installed at the left and right sides of the vehicle and the center of the inside of the vehicle for observing the rear side and the rear side, respectively, to prevent traffic accidents and to provide convenience and safety for the driver.

In order to improve driver's convenience and safety by observing through the side mirror and room mirror, a good observation angle between the driver's eyes and the rear side, and the driver's eyes and the rear chamber, respectively, must be formed according to the driver's riding position. When the vehicle is driven by two or more drivers, the proper angles of the side mirrors and the room mirrors may be different for each driver's body type. The angle can be different.

Accordingly, it is generally recommended that the driver check and operate the side mirror and the room mirror in a state suitable for his / her body shape and driving posture before driving the vehicle. The fact that many drivers perform the operation of the vehicle is becoming a big factor that impedes safe driving of all drivers.

Recently, in the case of the side mirror, the mirror surface of the side mirror is rotated on the up, down, left and right axes by simple switch operation to eliminate the inconvenience and risk of manually performing the setting operation so that the optimum rear viewing angle can be obtained. We aim at convenience and safety.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a general electric side mirror.

As shown in FIG. 1, inside the motorized side mirror housing 10, a side mirror driver 12 including one or more electric motors driven by up, down, left, and right shafts is formed, and the side mirror driver 12 includes a side mirror driver 12. The mirror 11 is coupled and the side mirror driver 12 rotates the side mirror 11 up, down, left, and right by manipulation of the operation switch 20.

In other words, the side mirror driving unit 12 is connected to the operation switch 20 located at a close distance from the driver's seat, and the operation switch 20 has the side mirrors 11 vertically and horizontally. It is common to consist of a 4-way switch which can be rotated.

In general, in the case of a room mirror, it is common to rely on manual operation rather than electric operation because it is relatively easy to operate as compared to operating the side mirror as setting operation is performed inside the vehicle.

However, such a conventional electric side mirror, as described above, allows the driver to change the position of the side mirror according to the driver's body shape and eye level, but even if two or more drivers are driving in the same vehicle or even the same driver If the posture is changed, the inconvenience of the operation is not completely solved as the position of the side mirror is changed every time, and there is a problem that the user still has to take a lot of risk when such an operation is performed while moving.

Accordingly, the applicant of the present invention has filed an application for overcoming such a problem through Korean Patent Application No. 97-11151, a side mirror setting device, but the Korean Patent Application No. 97- No. 11151 is limited to side mirrors, and it is expected to make up for the lack of integration into the automatic setting of the mirroring system of the car by excluding the automatic setting of the room mirror.

Accordingly, the present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned problem and the appearance of a supplementary measure, and stores the setting positions of the side mirrors set to correspond to the plurality of driver and fortune teller positions respectively, and correspond to the setting positions of the respective side mirrors. Setting the side mirror and room mirror by storing the position of the set room mirror in the memory device and setting the position of the side mirror and the room mirror to a preset position with a simple button switch operation when the driver changes or the driving posture changes. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic side mirror and room mirror setting device to ensure the automation and safety of operation.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a general electric side mirror;

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a preferred embodiment of the automatic side mirror and room mirror setting apparatus according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10 side mirror housing 11 side mirror

12: side mirror driving unit 20: side mirror height

30: first memory device 40: first memory selection switch

50: Automatic setting selection switch 60: Mode selection switch

100: room mirror housing 110: room mirror

120: room mirror drive unit 130: room mirror operation switch

140: second memory device 150: second memory selection switch

Side mirror and room mirror automatic setting device for achieving the object of the present invention,

A side mirror driver for rotating the side mirrors;

Side mirror operation means for applying a first drive control signal to the side mirror driver to determine a setting position of the side mirror;

First storage means for storing at least one setting position of said side mirror set by said side mirror operating means;

A room mirror driver for driving the room mirror;

Room mirror operation means for applying a second drive control signal to the room mirror driver to determine a setting position of the room mirror;

Second storage means for storing at least one setting position of the room mirror set by the room mirror operation means so as to correspond to a setting position of the side mirror; And

A third drive to the side mirror driver and the room mirror driver to automatically set the setting position of the side mirror and the room mirror stored in the first and second storage means by the driver's selection; And automatic setting selection means for applying a control signal.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the automatic side mirror and room mirror setting apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a preferred embodiment of the automatic side mirror and room mirror setting apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the side mirror and room mirror automatic setting apparatus according to the present invention is configured to rotate the side mirror 11 located in the side mirror housing 10 and the side mirror 11 in a vertical direction. A side mirror operation switch 20 for applying a first drive control signal to the side mirror drive unit 12 to determine a mirror drive unit 12 and a setting position of the side mirror 11; A first storage device 30 for storing at least one setting position of the side mirror 11 set by (20), and a side mirror 11 determined by the operation of the side mirror operation switch 20; A first memory select switch 40 for determining whether or not to set the setting position of the first memory device 30 in the first memory device 30;

The room mirror 110 located in the room mirror housing 100, the room mirror driver 120 for setting the room mirror 110 by rotating up, down, left and right, and the setting position of the room mirror 110 to determine Stores at least one room mirror operation switch 130 for applying a second drive control signal to the room mirror driver 120 and at least one setting position of the room mirror 110 set by the room mirror operation switch 130. A second storage device 140 for determining whether or not to set the setting position of the room mirror 11 determined by the operation of the room mirror operation switch 130 in the second storage device 140. A memory selection switch 150,

In order to automatically set the setting position of the side mirror 11 and the setting position of the room mirror 110 stored in the first storage device 30 and the second storage device 140 by a driver's selection. The side mirror driver 12 and the room mirror driver 120 are configured with an automatic setting selection switch 50 for applying a third drive control signal.

Here, it is preferable that a stepping motor that is precisely operated by a control pulse is used as a driving source of the side mirror driver 12 and the room mirror driver 120.

The operation of the automatic side mirror and room mirror setting apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

First, when it is necessary to change the setting position of the side mirror 11 or the room mirror 110 or to store the new setting position in the first storage device 30 or the second storage device 140, The first drive control signal and the second drive control signal are generated through the mirror operation switch 20 and the room mirror operation switch 130, respectively, so that the setting position of the side mirror 11 and the setting position of the room mirror 110 are desired. Manipulate it so that it is located there.

At this time, the side mirror driver 12 generates a driving force for rotating the side mirror 11 up, down, left, and right according to the first drive control signal, and the room mirror driver 120 generates the room mirror 110 according to the second drive control signal. The actual setting work is completed by generating a driving force that rotates) up, down, left and right.

On the other hand, the setting position of the side mirror 11 and the setting position of the room mirror 110 can be operated by the side mirror operation switch 20 and the room mirror operation switch 130 as well as manually operated, respectively. Is a well-known fact. In other words, some drivers should be able to reflect this fact as it may be more convenient and familiar to change the setting position of the side mirror 11 or the setting position of the room mirror 110 by manual operation. It is a well known fact.

If it is necessary to store the setting position of the side mirror 11 and the setting position of the room mirror 110 determined by such an operation, it is via the 1st memory selection switch 40 and the 2nd memory selection switch 150, respectively. In this case, the first memory selection switch 40 and the second memory selection switch 150 are provided with a plurality of selection buttons, respectively, to store each setting position at a corresponding number corresponding to each selection button. It is possible to selectively store multiple setting positions in the desired number by repeatedly operating the switch even if a single selection switch is provided.

At this time, the same number is assigned to the setting position of the side mirror 11 and the setting position of the room mirror 110 corresponding thereto, and the automatic setting selection is performed by storing the same number in the first storage device 30 and the second storage device 140. Any one of the setting positions of the side mirror 11 and the room mirror 110 corresponding to the plurality of drivers and driving postures by the switch 50 is selected.

In other words, when the desired number is selected through the automatic setting selector switch 50, the setting position of the side mirror 11 and the setting position of the room mirror 110 are determined by the first storage device 30 and the first storage device. 2 is read from the storage device 140. Accordingly, the third driving control signal corresponding thereto is applied to the side mirror driving unit 12 and the room mirror driving unit 120 so as to be set at once by a simple automatic setting selection switch 50 to a preset setting position. You are done.

The third driving control signal is a first driving for allowing the side mirror driver 12 and the room mirror driver 120 to drive the side mirror 11 and the room mirror 110 to a selected setting position, respectively. It is well-known that it consists of a control signal and a 2nd drive control signal.

Here, the side mirror driver 12 and the room mirror driver 120 may be configured as a stepping motor, and the first, second, and first parts of the side mirror driver 12 and the room mirror driver 120 may be used. Preferably, the three drive control signals are control pulses capable of precisely controlling these stepping motors.

At this time, in order to change from the arbitrary setting position to the setting position of the side mirror 11 and the room mirror 110 selected by the automatic setting selection switch 50, a conventional method of calculating the relative position with respect to the reference point and compensating for this is used. It can be easily implemented by using.

In the side mirror 11 and the room mirror 110, respectively, the number of control pulses for the left and right rotation directions and the number of control pulses for the up and down rotation directions necessary for moving the mirror to the current position with respect to the horizontal reference point and the vertical reference point are determined. And when a third drive control signal consisting of the control pulse number for the left and right rotation directions and the control pulse number for the up and down rotation directions is applied to move from the horizontal reference point and the vertical reference point to the setting position selected by the automatic setting. The automatic setting operation can be easily implemented by obtaining and applying a corresponding control pulse.

On the other hand, in the present invention, a plurality of mirrors such as the side mirror operation switch 20, the room mirror operation switch 130, the first memory selection switch 40, the second memory selection switch 150, the automatic setting selection switch 50, etc. Although it is provided with an operation and selection switch, it is only used to present an example of the present invention, and it is well known that adjusting the selection mode can produce the same operation effect while using fewer switches. .

The apparatus may further include a mode selection switch 60 capable of switching the new setting operation for changing the setting position and the automatic setting operation using the setting position of the mirror recorded in the storage device.

For example, in more detail, a new setting operation for changing the setting positions of the side mirror 11 and the room mirror 110 and the first storage device 30 and the second storage device 140 may be performed. In the case of further comprising a mode selection switch 60 for selecting any one of the automatic setting operations using the recorded setting position, the side mirror driving unit 12 performs the automatic setting operation through the mode selection switch 60. As selected, the mirror surface of the side mirror 11 is selected from the first storage device 30 through the automatic setting selection switch 50 and the current setting position with respect to a predetermined horizontal reference point and vertical reference point. The stepping motor may be configured to rotate with a driving pulse corresponding to the difference between the setting positions of the room mirrors, and the room mirror driving unit 120 may perform the automatic setting operation through the mode selection switch 60. As selected, the mirror surface of the room mirror 110 is selected from the second storage device 140 through the automatic setting selection switch 50 and the current setting position with respect to a predetermined horizontal reference point and vertical reference point. It may be composed of a stepping motor to rotate with a drive pulse corresponding to the difference between the setting position of the.

Since the present invention has been described through the preferred embodiment of the present invention, in view of the technical difficulty aspects of the present invention, a person having ordinary skill in the art can easily make other variations from other embodiments of the present invention. As can be added, it is apparent that all embodiments and modifications cited in the above description belong to the claims of the present invention.

As described in detail above, the side mirror driver for rotating the side mirror; Side mirror operation means for applying a first drive control signal to the side mirror driver to determine a setting position of the side mirror; First storage means for storing at least one setting position of said side mirror set by said side mirror operating means; A room mirror driver for driving the room mirror; Room mirror operation means for applying a second drive control signal to the room mirror driver to determine a setting position of the room mirror; Second storage means for storing at least one setting position of the room mirror set by the room mirror operation means so as to correspond to a setting position of the side mirror; And a third mirror in the side mirror driving unit and the room mirror driving unit for automatically setting a setting position of the side mirror and a room mirror setting position stored in the first and second storage means by a driver's selection. According to the present invention constituted by automatic setting selecting means for applying a drive control signal, the setting positions of the side mirrors set to correspond to the plurality of driver and fortune teller positions respectively are stored and set to correspond to the setting positions of the respective side mirrors. Automated side mirror and room mirror settings by memorizing the position of the room mirror in the storage device and changing the position of the driver or changing the driving posture by setting the position of the side mirror and room mirror to a preset position with a simple button switch operation. And the effect of ensuring the safety of driving.

Claims (4)

A side mirror driving unit for rotating a side mirror of a vehicle, side mirror operating means for applying a first driving control signal to the side mirror driving unit to determine a setting position of the side mirror, and the side mirror operation Determining first storage means for storing at least one setting position of the side mirror set by the means, a room mirror driver for driving a room mirror of an automobile, and a setting position of the room mirror Storing at least one room mirror operating means for applying a second drive control signal to the room mirror driving unit, and at least one setting position of the room mirror set by the room mirror operating means so as to correspond to a setting position of the side mirror; Between the second storage means for the first memory means and the second memory means And automatic setting selecting means for applying a third driving control signal to the side mirror driving unit and the room mirror driving unit to automatically set the setting position of the de mirror and the setting position of the room mirror by a driver's selection. Side mirror and room mirror automatic setting device. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a new setting operation for changing the setting positions of the side mirror and the room mirror and an automatic setting operation using the setting positions recorded in the first and second storage devices are selected. A side mirror and room mirror automatic setting device further comprises a mode selection switch. According to claim 2, wherein the side mirror driving unit as the automatic setting operation is selected through the mode selection switch, the mirror surface of the side mirror to the current setting position for the preset horizontal reference point and vertical reference point and the automatic setting selection switch And a stepping motor rotating by a driving pulse corresponding to the difference between the setting positions of the selected side mirrors from the first storage device. According to claim 2, wherein the room mirror driving unit as the automatic setting operation is selected through the mode selection switch, the mirror surface of the room mirror to the current setting position for the preset horizontal reference point and vertical reference point and the automatic setting selection switch And a stepping motor rotating by a driving pulse corresponding to the difference between the setting positions of the selected room mirrors from the second storage device.