Interior rearvision mirror

Claim 1

An interior rearvision mirror for a vehicle comprising a frame (11) provided with a mirror (12) on a front side thereof and mounted within a vehicle to be visible through the front window thereof, and display means (50) on a rear side of the frame (11) facing outwardly through the vehicle front window, wherein the display means (50) is composed of a base plate (51) and light emitting means provided with a number of light emitting elements (52, 76) arranged on a portion of a surface of the base plate (51) for forming letters, and solar cells for providing power to the light emitting elements are arranged on another portion of the surface of the base plate (51) adjacent to the surface portion containing said light emitting elements (52), wherein the light emanating from the light emitting elements (52) is controlled by light emission control means, wherein the light emission control means comprises a switch (68) for optionally selecting one of a plurality of selection signals, a decoder (67) into which a selection signal from the switch (68) is input, the decoder reading the selection signal and outputting a corresponding address signal, memory means (66) into which the address signal from the decoder (67) is input and from which a corresponding coordinate position signal is output, and a character generator (65) for conducting necessary current to a light emitting element (52) on the base plate (51) selected in accordance with the coordinate position signal from the memory means (66) to energize the selected light emitting element (52).