US 11,679,720 B2
Head up side view mirror
Benjamin David Sweet, West Bloomfield, MI (US)
Assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Peachtree City, GA (US)
Filed by Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Peachtree City, GA (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,374.
Application 17/452,374 is a continuation of application No. 16/669,905, filed on Oct. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,186,225.
Application 16/669,905 is a continuation of application No. 15/652,567, filed on Jul. 18, 2017, granted, now 10,501,018, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/363,558, filed on Jul. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0041110 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60R 1/12 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC B60R 1/12 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B60K 2370/155 (2019.05); B60K 2370/173 (2019.05); B60K 2370/21 (2019.05); B60K 2370/31 (2019.05); B60K 2370/334 (2019.05); B60K 2370/777 (2019.05); B60K 2370/797 (2019.05); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/205 (2013.01); B60R 2300/303 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8046 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8066 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a body including a lateral side;
a side view camera attached to the lateral side of the body and having a field of view in a rearward direction;
a back up camera attached to the lateral side of the body and having a field of view in a lateral direction;
an electronic processor configured to:
receive images captured by each of the side view camera and back up camera; and
transmit a video signal, the video signal being based on the images captured by the back up camera only when the vehicle is in a Reverse gear, is based on the images captured by the side view camera when the vehicle is not in the Reverse gear; and
an optics module configured to receive the video signal from the electronic processor and produce a light field such that the light field is reflected off of a side window of the motor vehicle and is then visible to the driver as a virtual image, the light field being based on the video signal.