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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Andrew D. Weller, Holland, MI (US);
Rodney K. Blank, Zeeland, MI (US);
Kenneth L. Schierbeek, Zeeland, MI (US);
Kenneth Schofield, Holland, MI (US);
Niall R. Lynam, Holland, MI (US);
Troy O. Cooprider, Rochester, MI (US);
Andrew D. Weller, Holland, MI (US);
Rodney K. Blank, Zeeland, MI (US);
Kenneth L. Schierbeek, Zeeland, MI (US);
Kenneth Schofield, Holland, MI (US);
Niall R. Lynam, Holland, MI (US);
Troy O. Cooprider, Rochester, MI (US);
Donnelly Corporation, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror housing, an electro-optic reflective element and an information display. The information display is disposed in the mirror housing rearward of the transflective mirror reflector of the reflective element and is operable to display information for viewing by the driver of the vehicle, with the information including video images captured by a camera of the vehicle. Information displayed by the information display is viewable by the driver of the vehicle viewing through the transflective mirror reflector of the reflective element when the information display is displaying information, and, when the information display is not displaying information, the presence of the information display behind the transflective mirror reflector of the reflective element is substantially not discerned by the driver of the vehicle normally viewing the reflective element in the vehicle.