CA2666638A1 - Optical user interface system for automotive modules - Google Patents

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CA2666638A1
CA2666638A1 CA002666638A CA2666638A CA2666638A1 CA 2666638 A1 CA2666638 A1 CA 2666638A1 CA 002666638 A CA002666638 A CA 002666638A CA 2666638 A CA2666638 A CA 2666638A CA 2666638 A1 CA2666638 A1 CA 2666638A1
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Robert R. Turnbull
David A. Blaker
Michael A. Bryson
David L. Plangger
G. Bruce Poe
Alan R. Watson
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David A. Blaker
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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    • B60Q3/20—Arrangement of lighting devices for vehicle interiors; Lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle interiors for lighting specific fittings of passenger or driving compartments; mounted on specific fittings of passenger or driving compartments
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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    • B60Q3/20—Arrangement of lighting devices for vehicle interiors; Lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle interiors for lighting specific fittings of passenger or driving compartments; mounted on specific fittings of passenger or driving compartments
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    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q3/00—Arrangement of lighting devices for vehicle interiors; Lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle interiors
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R1/00—Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
    • B60R1/12—Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R1/00—Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
    • B60R1/12—Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
    • B60R2001/1215—Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks with information displays
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R1/00—Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
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Abstract

A rearview assembly for a vehicle including a mounting structure for mounting to a vehicle, a rearward viewing device, and housing with a position sensor, is provided. The position sensor includes first and second radiation emitters, a radiation reception element, and sensor processing circuitry coupled to one of the position sensors and the radiation reception element. The position sensor determines the position of an object in the vicinity of the rearward viewing device.

Claims (61)

1. A rearview assembly for a vehicle, said rearview assembly comprising:
a mounting structure adapted to be mounted to a vehicle, said mounting structure including a housing;
a rearward viewing device for providing a rearward view to a vehicle occupant; and at least one position sensor disposed in said housing, said position sensor including at least a first radiation emitter, a second radiation emitter, sensor processing circuitry coupled to one of said first and second radiation emitters, and a radiation reception element coupled to said sensor processing circuitry, wherein said at least one position sensor is configured to determine at least one of the distance of an object from said at least one position sensor and the position of an object on the surface of said rearward viewing device.
2. The rearview assembly of claim 1, wherein said at least one position sensor is further configured to control at least one vehicle electronics device based on at least one of the determined distance and position.
3. The rearview assembly of claim 1, further comprising light control circuitry and a light emitting device, wherein said light control circuitry is coupled to said position sensor and said light emitting device, and wherein said light control circuitry is configured to influence at least one of the amount and hue of light emitted by said light emitting device based on at least one of the determined distance and position.
4. The rearview assembly of claim 3, wherein said light control circuitry is further configured to determine when an object has touched said light emitting device based on at least one of the determined distance and position, and to influence at least one of the amount and hue of light emitted by said light emitting device when said light emitting device is touched.
5. The rearview assembly of claim 4, wherein said light emitting device is a maplight.
6. The rearview assembly of claim 5, further comprising a maplight switch, wherein said light control circuitry is further configured to determine when an object has touched said maplight switch based on at least one of the determined distance and position, and to influence at least one of the amount and hue of light emitted when said maplight switch is touched.
7. The rearview assembly of claim 3, wherein said light emitting device is a light configured to provide illumination in the vicinity of a transmission position indicator.
8. The rearview assembly of claim 3, wherein said light emitting device is a maplight.
9. The rearview assembly of claim 1, further comprising a switch configured to control a vehicle electronics device, a switch backlight configured to provide light for said switch, and backlight control circuitry coupled to said position sensor and said switch backlight and configured to control the amount of light provided by said switch backlight, wherein said backlight control circuitry turns on said switch backlight only when said position sensor determines that an object is within 5 centimeters of said position sensor.
10. The rearview assembly of claim 9, wherein said backlight control circuitry turns off said switch backlight at a predetermined time after determining that an object is not in contact with a surface of said rearward viewing device adjacent to said sensor.
11. The rearview assembly of claim 1, further comprising switch circuitry coupled to said position sensor and at least one vehicle electronics device, wherein said switch circuitry is configured to provide a signal to control the at least one vehicle electronics device based on at least one of the determined distance and position.
12. The rearview assembly of claim 11, wherein said the at least one vehicle electronics device is one of a maplight, electronic compass, garage door opener, mirror preset module and seat preset module.
13. The rearview assembly of claim 1, further comprising rotary volume control circuitry coupled to said position sensor, wherein said rotary volume control circuitry is configured to incrementally alter the volume of a vehicle electronics device based the determined position.
14. The rearview assembly of claim 1, further comprising rotary dimming control circuitry coupled to said position sensor, wherein said rotary dimming control circuitry is configured to incrementally alter the brightness of a light employed in the vehicle based on the determined position.
15. The rearview assembly of claim 1, further comprising x-y slider volume control circuitry coupled to said position sensor, wherein said x-y slider volume control circuitry is configured to incrementally alter the volume of a vehicle electronics device based on the determined position.
16. The rearview assembly of claim 1, further comprising x-y slider dimming control circuitry coupled to said position sensor, wherein said x-y slider dimming control circuitry is configured to incrementally alter the brightness of a light employed in the vehicle based on the determined position.
17. The rearview assembly of claim 1, further comprising 2D slider control circuitry coupled to said at least one position sensor, wherein said 2D slider circuitry is configured to incrementally alter at least two parameters of a vehicle electronics device based on at least one of the determined position and distance.
18. The rearview assembly of claim 17, wherein the two parameters incrementally altered by said 2D slider control circuitry include left-right balance control and front-to-rear fader control for speakers employed in a vehicle.
19. The rearview assembly of claim 17, wherein the two parameters incrementally altered by said 2D slider control circuitry include left-right and up-down control for a mirror coupled to a vehicle.
20. The rearview assembly of claim 19, wherein said 2D slider control circuitry is further configured to determine how long an object has been in contact with said rearward viewing device, and is further configured to permit left-right and up-down control of a mirror only when an object has been in contact with said rearward viewing device for a predetermined amount of time.
21. The rearview assembly of claim 17, wherein the two parameters incrementally altered by said 2D slider circuitry are left-right and up-down field of view control for a camera coupled to a vehicle.
22. The rearview assembly of claim 21, further comprising zoom control circuitry configured to control the zoom function of a camera coupled to a vehicle based on at least one of the determined distance and position.
23. The rearview assembly of claim 1, further comprising roll detection control circuitry coupled to said position sensor, wherein said roll detection control circuitry is configured to detect left-right and up-down rolling motion of an object in contact with the surface of said rearward viewing device, and wherein said finger roll detection control circuitry is further configured to incrementally alter at least two parameters of a vehicle electronics device based on the detected left-right and up-down motion.
24. The rearview assembly of claim 23, wherein the two parameters incrementally altered by said roll detection control circuitry are left-right and up-down control for a mirror coupled to a vehicle.
25. The rearview assembly of claim 23, wherein said roll detection control circuitry is further configured to determine how long an object has been in a certain position in contact with said rearward viewing device, and is further configured to permit left-right and up-down control of a mirror only when an object has been in a certain position in contact with said rearward viewing device for a predetermined amount of time.
26. The rearview assembly of claim 1, further comprising central controller circuitry coupled to multiple position sensors, wherein said central controller circuitry monitors the multiple position sensors to determine when an object is detected by those sensors, and permits only the position sensor closest to the object to actively control a device for a period of time.
27. The rearview assembly of claim 1, further comprising central controller circuitry coupled to multiple position sensors, and a backlight associated with each position sensor configured to provide illumination in the vicinity of each position sensor, and configured to monitor the position sensors, wherein said central controller circuitry monitors the multiple position sensors to determine which position sensor is closest to an object in the vicinity of said rearview assembly, and increases the brightness of the backlight associated with the position sensor to which the object is closest.
28. The rearview assembly of claim 1, wherein said at least one position sensor is configured to provide the determined distance to a multi-sensor vehicle occupant sensing system to assist in the determination of the location of occupants with a vehicle.
29. A cupholder assembly for a vehicle, said cupholder assembly comprising:
a cupholder adapted to be mounted to a vehicle and configured to receive a cup; and at least one position sensor located near said cupholder, said position sensor including at least a first radiation emitter, a second radiation emitter, sensor processing circuitry coupled to one of said first and second radiation emitters, and a radiation reception element coupled to said sensor processing circuitry, wherein said position sensor is configured to determine the distance of an object from said position sensor.
30. The cupholder assembly of claim 29, further comprising a light coupled to said position sensor and light control circuitry associated with said light, wherein said light control circuitry is configured to increase the amount of light produced by said light when said position sensor determines that an object is within a certain distance of said position sensor.
31. The cupholder assembly of claim 30, wherein said cupholder comprises a translucent area configured to be illuminated by said light.
32. A door handle assembly for a vehicle, said door handle assembly comprising:
a door handle housing configured to house a door handle; and at least one position sensor located near said door handle housing, said position sensor including at least a first radiation emitter, a second radiation emitter, sensor processing circuitry coupled to one of said first and second radiation emitters, and a radiation reception element coupled to said sensor processing circuitry, wherein said position sensor is configured to determine at least one of the distance of an object from said position sensor and the position of an object.
33. The door handle assembly of claim 32, further comprising a light coupled to said position sensor and light control circuitry associated with said light, wherein said light control circuitry is configured to increase the amount of light produced by said light when said position sensor determines that an object is within a certain distance of said position sensor.
34. The door handle assembly of claim 32, wherein said light is located on or adjacent to said door handle housing.
35. The door handle assembly of claim 33, wherein said door handle housing further comprises a translucent area configured to be illuminated by said light.
36. A parking assist sensor for a vehicle, said parking assist sensor comprising:
a sensor mounting structure configured to house a sensor and located on an exterior surface of a vehicle;
a sensor indicating device located within the vehicle passenger compartment and configured to receive information provided by a sensor and convey that information to a driver of the vehicle; and at least one position sensor attached to said sensor mounting structure and coupled to said sensor indicating device, said position sensor including at least a first radiation emitter, a second radiation emitter, sensor processing circuitry coupled to one of said first and second radiation emitters, and a radiation reception element coupled to said sensor processing circuitry, wherein said position sensor is configured to determine the distance of an object from said position sensor and provide that information to said sensor indicating device.
37. The parking assist sensor of claim 36, wherein said sensor mounting device is located on a rear surface of a vehicle, and wherein said indicating device provides at least one of an audible warning and a visual warning when an object is within a certain distance of the rear of the vehicle.
38. The parking assist sensor of claim 36, wherein said sensor mounting device is located on a front surface of a vehicle, and wherein said indicating device provides at least one of an audible warning and a visual warning when an object is within a certain distance of the rear of the vehicle.
39. The parking assist sensor of claim 36, wherein said sensor mounting device is located on a side surface of a vehicle, and wherein said indicating device provides at least one of an audible warning and a visual warning when an object is within a certain distance of a side of the vehicle.
40. A position sensing assembly for a vehicle, said position sensing assembly comprising:
41 a housing configured to contain at least one position sensor and having at least a first surface configured to emit radiation produced by a position sensor, said housing also being configured to attach to a vehicle; and at least one position sensor disposed in said housing, said position sensor including at least a first radiation emitter, a second radiation emitter, sensor processing circuitry coupled to one of said first and second radiation emitters, and a radiation reception element coupled to said sensor processing circuitry, wherein said position sensor is configured to determine at least one of the distance of an object from said position sensor and the position of an object on said first surface of said housing.

41. The position sensing assembly of claim 40, wherein said at least one position sensor is further configured to communicate at least one of the determined distance and position to a vehicle electronics device.
42. The position sensing assembly of claim 40, wherein said at least one position sensor is further configured to communicate at least one of the determined distance and position to a vehicle occupant.
43. The position sensing assembly of claim 40, wherein said at least one position sensor is further configured to control at least one vehicle electronics device based on at least one of the determined distance and position.
44. The position sensing assembly of claim 40, wherein said housing is a housing of a rearview assembly.
45. The position sensing assembly of claim 40, wherein said housing is a housing of an instrument panel.
46. The position sensing assembly of claim 40, wherein said housing is a housing of a floor console.
47. The position sensing assembly of claim 40, wherein said housing is a housing of an overhead console.
48. The position sensing assembly of claim 40, wherein said housing is a housing of a door panel.
49. The position sensing assembly of claim 40, wherein said housing is a housing of an external vehicle component.
50. The position sensing assembly of claim 43, wherein said vehicle electronics device is a maplight.
51. The position sensing assembly of claim 43, wherein said vehicle electronics device is a door latch backlight.
52. The position sensing assembly of claim 43, wherein said vehicle electronics device is an outside mirror.
53. The position sensing assembly of claim 43, wherein said vehicle electronics device is a compass display.
54. The position sensing assembly of claim 43, wherein said vehicle electronics device is a switch backlight.
55. The position sensing assembly of claim 43, wherein said vehicle electronics device is a light configured to provide illumination in the vicinity of a transmission position indicator.
56. The position sensing assembly of claim 43, wherein said vehicle electronics device is garage door opener.
57. The position sensing assembly of claim 43, wherein said vehicle electronics device is a mirror preset module.
58. The position sensing assembly of claim 43, wherein said vehicle electronics device is a seat preset module.
59. The position sensing assembly of claim 43, wherein said vehicle electronics device is a vehicle audio device.
60. The position sensing assembly of claim 43, wherein said vehicle electronics device is camera.
61. The position sensing assembly of claim 43, wherein said vehicle electronics device is a vehicle occupant sensing system.
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