Patents Represented by Law Firm Van Dyke, Garner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP
  • Electro-optic rearview mirror system
    Patent number: 6099131
    Abstract: An electro-optic rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior mirror housing (10) containing an interior electro-optic mirror unit (18). At least one light sensor, and preferably a pair of light sensors (24, 26), is provided for sensing the ambient light level outside the vehicle. Control circuitry, which may be mounted on a PCB (36), is responsive to an output (34) from the at least one light sensor (24, 26) to establish a drive voltage for the electro-optic mirror unit (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Donnelly Corporation
    Inventors: Sean J. Fletcher, Patrick J. Lawlor, Kenneth Schofield