A forward-facing vision system for a vehicle includes a forward-facing camera disposed in a windshield electronics module attached at a windshield of the vehicle and viewing through the windshield. A control includes a processor that, responsive to processing of captured image data, detects taillights of leading vehicles during nighttime conditions and, responsive to processing of captured image data, detects lane markers on a road being traveled by the vehicle. The control, responsive to lane marker detection and a determination that the vehicle is drifting out of a traffic lane, may control a steering system of the vehicle to mitigate such drifting, with the steering system manually controllable by a driver of the vehicle irrespective of control by the control. The processor, based at least in part on detection of lane markers via processing of captured image data, determines curvature of the road being traveled by the vehicle.

Vision system for vehicle

A vehicular vision system includes a camera having a lens and a CMOS photosensor array having a plurality of photosensor elements. The camera is disposed at an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular vision system. The camera one of (i) views exterior of the equipped vehicle through the windshield of the equipped vehicle and forward of the equipped vehicle and (ii) views from the windshield of the equipped vehicle into the interior cabin of the equipped vehicle. A control includes an image processor that processes image data captured by the photosensor array. The image processor processes captured image data to detect an object viewed by the camera. The photosensor array is operable at a plurality of exposure periods and at least one exposure period of the plurality of exposure periods is dynamically variable.

Vehicular vision system

An interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror reflective element having a front surface, a rear surface and a reflector A display element is disposed to the rear of the rear surface and is operable to emit light when actuated, the emitted light passing through the mirror reflective element to be viewable to a driver of the vehicle A garage door opener device is included in the rearview mirror assembly, which includes at least one user actuatable input device associated with operation of the garage door opener device Actuation of at least one user actuatable input device causes the display element to provide a visual indication to the driver viewing the front surface, when the mirror assembly is installed in the vehicle, of at least one of (i) operation of the garage door opener device and (ii) coding the garage door opener device

Mirror assembly for vehicle

An interior rearview mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror casing and a transflective reflective element. The transflective reflective element has an electrochromic active region, and a plurality of user input elements is disposed outside of the electrochromic active region and below the electrochromic active region. Each of the individual user input elements is a touch or proximity sensor. A plurality of display elements is disposed behind the transflective reflective element at the electrochromic active region, and each display element is selectively activated by activation of a respective user input element. Each of the individual display elements and its associated respective one of the individual user input elements are located local to one another such that a cognitive relationship between actuation by a user of a respective user input element and activation of its associated display element is established.

Interior rearview mirror system

A video mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly with an electrochromic reflective element having a front portion and a rear portion generally opposite the front portion. The reflective element has an electrochromic medium disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate and has a transflective third-surface mirror reflector that is at least 15 percent transmitting to visible light and that is at least 40 percent reflective to visible light. A video display is disposed to the rear of the reflective element and emits light when actuated that passes through the transflective mirror reflector. The video display is back lit by at least one light source, and the video display is operable to exhibit a display intensity as viewed by the driver of at least about 400 candelas per square meter when the interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted and is viewed in the vehicle.

Video mirror system for a vehicle

Disclosed is a light transmitting liquid crystal display apparatus used with advantage with a television receiver having a large-sized display not less than 30 inch A backlight section ( 3 ) sending out illuminating light is formed by a plural number of rows made up of many light emitting units ( 15 ) arranged on the back surface of a liquid crystal display panel ( 8 ) Each light emitting unit includes many LED units ( 18 ) mounted on an interconnection substrate ( 17 ) and is mounted in this state on a heat dissipating plate ( 28 ) A reflecting section ( 6 ) for reflecting the light radiated from each LED is formed by a large number of reflective sheet pieces ( 27 ), assembled from one heat emitting unit to another, and a reflective plate ( 26 ) secured to reflecting plate supports ( 40 ) formed on the heat dissipating plate

Backlight device and liquid crystal display apparatus

A transmission type liquid crystal display useful when it is employed in a television receiver having a large display screen of 30 inch or above, wherein a backlight part (3) for supplying illumination light is constituted by arranging in rows a large number of light emitting unit bodies (15) on the back of a liquid crystal panel (8). Each light emitting unit body (15) is produced by fixing a wiring board (17), on which a large number of LEDs (18) are mounted, to a heat radiation plate (28). A section (6) for reflecting light emitted from each LED comprises a large number of reflection sheet pieces (27) attached to each light emitting unit and a reflection plate (26) secured onto a reflection plate receiving section (40) formed in the heat radiation plate.

Hafuka Tabito

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Backlight device and liquid crystal display apparatus

Backlight device and liquid crystal display device