US 11,794,654 B2
Electronic mirror system, automobile door, and automobile
Hidetoshi Ozawa, Shioya-gun (JP); and Takayoshi Ito, Shioya-gun (JP)
Assigned to TS TECH CO., LTD., Asaka (JP)
Filed by TS TECH CO., LTD., Asaka (JP)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/348,175.
Application 17/348,175 is a continuation of application No. 16/499,680, granted, now 11,034,302, issued on Jun. 15, 2021, previously published as PCT/JP2017/034244, filed on Sep. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-064816 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0370837 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/12 (2013.01) [B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2300/602 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automobile door comprising:
an electronic mirror system comprising:
a camera configured to be attached to a side of an automobile and image a moving image diagonally behind the automobile;
a monitor apparatus configured to be attached in a passenger compartment of the automobile and display the moving image imaged by the camera on a display;
a wall on the door on an inner side of the passenger compartment, the monitor apparatus being attached to the wall;
a movable portion of the monitor apparatus configured to move the display in relation to the wall, the movable portion including a rotator having a rotating axis supported by the door; and
a controlling apparatus connected to a shift lever, the controlling apparatus being configured to:
when the controlling apparatus detects that the shift lever is switched to a mode in which driving is possible, control the movable portion to move the display in a direction in which the display faces a direction of the driver; and
after the controlling apparatus detects that the shift lever is switched to a mode in which driving is not possible, control the movable portion so that a monitor main body of the monitor apparatus is rotated with the rotating axis and is folded and stored in the door.