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Complete mirror-based global-positioning system (GPS) navigation solution
Assignee: Magna Donnelly Corp
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Filing: 2001-03-05
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Granted: 2002-11-05
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Expires: 2021-03-05
Abstract
Abstract A vehicular rearview mirror-based navigation system includes a rearview mirror system, including an interior rearview mirror assembly, having an interior reflective element and interior mirror housing for the interior reflective element. The interior rearview mirror assembly further includes a scrolling display. The scrolling display displays scrolling driver informational messages on the scrolling display. The interior rearview mirror assembly may include a global-positioning system display receiving an output from a global-positioning system receiving system and displaying turn-by-turn information to a vehicle driver.
Inventors
- 👤 Kevin C. McCarthy
- 👤 Eugenie V. Uhlmann
- 👤 Niall R. Lynam
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 17:52
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R1/00; B60R1/02; B60R1/04; B60R1/12; B60R11/00; B60R11/02; B60R11/0247; G; G01; G01C; G01C21/00; G01C21/26; G01C21/34; G01C21/36; G01C21/3626; G01S; G01S19/00; G01S19/01; G01S19/13; G01S19/35; G01S19/36; G01S19/37; G09; G09B; G09B29/00; G09B29/10; B60R11/0241; B60R2001/1284; B60R2011/0001; B60R2011/0003; B60R2011/0026; B60R2011/0033; B60R2300/00; B60R2300/80; B60R2300/802; B60R2300/8026; G01S19/21
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 63
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
A vehicular rearview mirror-based navigation system, comprising: a rearview mirror system including an interior rearview mirror assembly, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising an interior reflective element and an interior mirror housing for said interior reflective element; a global-positioning system comprising a receiving system; said interior rearview mirror assembly further comprising a global-positioning system display displaying information derived from an output of said global-positioning system receiving system, said global-positioning system display comprising a scrolling display, said scrolling display operable for displaying scrolling information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
83 words
A vehicular rearview mirror-based navigation system, comprising: a rearview mirror system including an interior rearview mirror assembly, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising an interior reflective element and an interior mirror housing for said interior reflective element; a global-positioning system comprising a receiving system; said interior rearview mirror assembly further comprising a global-positioning system display displaying information derived from an output of said global-positioning system receiving system, said global-positioning system display comprising a scrolling display, said scrolling display operable for displaying scrolling information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system in claim 1 wherein said global-positioning system display provides turn-by-turn instructions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system in claim 2 wherein said turn-by-turn instructions comprise at least one of (i) direction, (ii) when to turn and (iii) how far until the turn.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system in claim 1 wherein said global-positioning system display comprises a dot-matrix pixelated display, said dot-matrix pixelated display operable to display a textural driver instruction.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system in claim 4 wherein said global-positioning system display is selected from the group consisting of a vacuum fluorescent display, an organic electro-luminescent display, a field-emission display, a plasma display, a light-emitting diode display, and a liquid crystal display.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system in claim 1 wherein said global-positioning system display is positioned at said interior reflective element.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system in claim 1 wherein said global-positioning system display is positioned at said housing.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system in claim 1 wherein said rearview mirror system further includes at least one exterior rearview mirror assembly including an exterior reflective element and an exterior mirror housing for said exterior reflective element.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system in claim 8 wherein said global-positioning system receiving system comprising a global-positioning system antenna and a global-positioning receiver.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system in claim 9 wherein at least one of said system antenna and said receiving system is positioned at one of said interior mirror assembly and said exterior mirror assembly.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system in claim 10 wherein said at least one of said system antenna and said system receiver are positioned at said interior mirror assembly.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
52 words
The system in claim 10 wherein said at least one of said system antenna and said system receiver are positioned at said exterior rearview mirror assembly and wherein said output is supplied to said display via one of a wire connection, a vehicle data bus connection, and a short-range wireless communication channel.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system in claim 12 wherein said output is supplied via a vehicle data bus connection that comprises one of a LIN and a CAN bus.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system in claim 12 wherein said output is supplied via a wireless communication channel that comprises a BLUETOOTH protocol.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system in claim 1 wherein said receiving system is positioned at said interior mirror assembly.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system in claim 1 wherein said global-positioning system display has an aspect ratio of width-to-height that is greater than or equal to 3.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system in claim 16 wherein said global-positioning system display has an aspect ratio of width-to-height that is greater than or equal to 5.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system in claim 17 wherein said global-positioning system display has an aspect ratio of width-to-height that is greater than or equal to 10.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system in claim 1 wherein said global-positioning system display has a height that is greater than or equal to 4 millimeters.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system in claim 19 wherein said global-positioning system display has a height that is greater than or equal to 5 millimeters.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system in claim 20 wherein said global-positioning system display has a height that is greater than or equal to 6 millimeters.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system in claim 1 wherein said global-positioning system display has a width that is greater than or equal to 5 millimeters.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system in claim 22 wherein said global-positioning system display has a width that is greater than or equal to 7 millimeters.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system in claim 23 wherein said global-positioning system display has a width that is greater than or equal to 10 millimeters.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system in claim 1 wherein said global-positioning system display displays simple compass/directional heading information.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system in claim 25 further including an audio output generator indicating a need to change direction.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system in claim 1 wherein said global-positioning system display is a multiplexing display.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system in claim 27 wherein said global-positioning system display also displays other vehicle functions.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system in claim 1 wherein said rearview mirror system receives a remote input from a remote attendant providing destination information.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system in claim 29 wherein said rearview mirror system includes a sound system for receiving voice commands from the driver.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system in claim 30 wherein said sound system activates a vehicular wireless communication system communicating driver voice commands to the remote attendant.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
97 words
A vehicular rearview mirror-based navigation system, comprising: a rearview mirror system including an interior rearview mirror assembly, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising an interior reflective element and an interior mirror housing for said interior reflective element; a global-positioning system comprising a receiving system; said interior rearview mirror assembly further comprising a global-positioning system display displaying information derived from an output from said global-positioning system receiving system, said global-positioning system display comprising an elongated narrow display having an aspect ratio of width-to-height that is greater than or equal to 3, said elongated display displaying textural driver instruction.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
97 words
A vehicular rearview mirror-based navigation system, comprising: a rearview mirror system including an interior rearview mirror assembly, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising an interior reflective element and an interior mirror housing for said interior reflective element; a global-positioning system comprising a receiving system; said interior rearview mirror assembly further comprising a global-positioning system display displaying information derived from an output from said global-positioning system receiving system, said global-positioning system display comprising an elongated narrow display having an aspect ratio of width-to-height that is greater than or equal to 3, said elongated display displaying textural driver instruction.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system in claim 32 wherein said global-positioning system display comprises a scrolling display.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system in claim 32 wherein said turn-by-turn information comprise at least one of (i) direction, (ii) when to turn and (iii) how far until the turn.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system in claim 32 wherein said global-positioning system display comprises a dot-matrix pixelated display, said dot-matrix pixelated display operable to display a textural driver instruction.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system in claim 35 wherein said global-positioning system display is selected from the group consisting of a vacuum fluorescent display, an organic electro-luminescent display, a field-emission display, a plasma display, a light-emitting diode display, and a liquid crystal display.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system in claim 35 wherein said global-positioning system display is positioned at said interior reflective element.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system in claim 37 wherein said global-positioning system display is positioned at said housing.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system in claim 32 wherein said rearview mirror system further includes at least one exterior rearview mirror assembly including an exterior reflective element and an exterior mirror housing for said exterior reflective element.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system in claim 39 wherein said global-positioning system receiving system comprises a global-positioning system antenna and a global-positioning receiver.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system in claim 40 wherein at least one of said system antenna and said receiving system is positioned at one of said interior mirror assembly and said exterior mirror assembly.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system in claim 41 wherein said at least one of said system antenna and said system receiver are positioned at said interior mirror assembly.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
51 words
The system in claim 41 wherein said at least one of said system antenna and said system receiver are positioned at said exterior mirror assembly and wherein said output is supplied to said display via one of a wire connection, a vehicle data bus connection, and a short-range wireless communication channel.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system in claim 43 wherein said output is supplied via a vehicle data bus connection that comprises one of a LIN and a CAN bus.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system in claim 43 wherein said output is supplied via a wireless communication channel that comprises a BLUETOOTH protocol.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system in claim 32 wherein said global-positioning system display has an aspect ratio of width-to-height that is greater than or equal to 3.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system in claim 46 wherein said global-positioning system display has an aspect ratio of width-to-height that is greater than or equal to 5.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system in claim 47 wherein said global-positioning system display has an aspect ratio of width-to-height that is greater than or equal to 10.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system in claim 32 wherein said global-positioning system display has a height that is greater than or equal to 4 millimeters.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system in claim 49 wherein said global-positioning system display has a height that is greater than or equal to 5 millimeters.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system in claim 50 wherein said global-positioning system display has a height that is greater than or equal to 6 millimeters.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system in claim 32 wherein said global-positioning system display has a width that is greater than or equal to 5 millimeters.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system in claim 52 wherein said global-positioning system display has a width that is greater than or equal to 7 millimeters.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system in claim 53 wherein said global-positioning system display has a width that is greater than or equal to 10 millimeters.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system in claim 32 wherein said global-positioning system display displays simple compass/directional heading information.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system in claim 55 further including an audio output generator indicating a need to change direction.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system in claim 32 wherein said global-positioning system display comprises a multiplexing display.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system in claim 57 wherein said global-positioning system display also displays other vehicle functions.
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system in claim 32 wherein said rearview mirror system receives a remote input from a remote attendant providing destination information.
Claim 62
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system in claim 59 wherein said rearview mirror system includes a sound system for receiving voice commands from the driver.
Claim 63
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system in claim 60 wherein said sound system activates a vehicular wireless communication system communicating driver voice commands to the remote attendant.
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