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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Tomohiro Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 9/47 (2006.01); H04N 5/655 (2006.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/655 (2013.01); B60R 11/0235 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G01C 21/265 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0028 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0082 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0085 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0276 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle-mounted electronic device according to the present invention is provided with a sensorthat detects illuminationfrom a following vehicle, in at least one of a display unitand a main body case, and is configured such that a control unitrotates the display unitby means of a drive unitwhen the sensordetects the illuminationfrom the following vehicle. Thereby, the illuminationfrom the following vehicledoes not reflect on the display unittoward a viewer, as a result of which, the influence by illumination from the following vehiclecan be reduced.