US 11,787,340 B2
Sideview mirror assembly with an extendable camera
Maurice P. Silva, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Nicholas E. Merkel, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/226,647.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324383 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60R 1/28 (2022.01); B60R 1/078 (2006.01); B60R 1/07 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/006 (2013.01) [B60R 1/07 (2013.01); B60R 1/078 (2013.01); B60R 1/12 (2013.01); B60R 1/28 (2022.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2300/101 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sideview mirror assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
a body including a sideview mirror housing having a bottom surface; and
a camera located in the body about the sideview mirror housing, having a field-of-view including an above-horizontal region directed rearward toward an overhead target position past the sideview mirror housing, and mounted for movement relative to the body between a normal position, in which the camera is below the bottom surface and in which the sideview mirror housing at least partially blocks the field-of-view in the above-horizontal region, and an extended position, in which the camera is further below the bottom surface relative to the normal position and in which the sideview mirror housing does not block the field-of-view in the above-horizontal region, whereby movement of the camera from the normal position to the extended position unblocks camera visibility of the overhead target position by the sideview mirror housing.