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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
Robert R. Turnbull, Holland, MI (US);
David A. Blaker, Holland, MI (US);
Michael A. Bryson, Hudsonville, MI (US);
David L. Plangger, Holland, MI (US);
G. Bruce Poe, Hamilton, MI (US);
Alan R. Watson, Buchanan, MI (US);
Robert R. Turnbull, Holland, MI (US);
David A. Blaker, Holland, MI (US);
Michael A. Bryson, Hudsonville, MI (US);
David L. Plangger, Holland, MI (US);
G. Bruce Poe, Hamilton, MI (US);
Alan R. Watson, Buchanan, MI (US);
Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);
Abstract
A rearview assembly for a vehicle including a mounting structure for mounting to a vehicle, a rearward viewing device, and housing with a position sensor, is provided. The position sensor includes first and second radiation emitters, a radiation reception element, and sensor processing circuitry coupled to one of the position sensors and the radiation reception element. The position sensor determines the position of an object in the vicinity of the rearward viewing device.