Abstract: An imaging system for a vehicle includes an image sensor for detecting electromagnetic radiation, a first lens unit and a second lens unit for focusing electromagnetic radiation, and at least one transflective unit, with the transflective unit being configured to project electromagnetic radiation from the first lens unit or from the second lens unit essentially perpendicularly on the image sensor, where the first lens unit has a first optical axis and the second lens unit has a second optical axis crossing the first optical axis at a crossing point, and the transflective unit is arranged between the image sensor, the first lens unit, and the second lens unit, preferably at the crossing point. A rear view display device includes at least one imaging system, and a vehicle includes at least one imaging system.

Abstract: An adjustment assembly for adjusting the reflecting surface of a glass assembly in an external rearview vehicle mirror, where two linear adjusting motors act on two points of the glass assembly, where the adjusting motors are positioned between the glass assembly and a mirror carrier in the mirror head. The adjusting motors are connected to the glass assembly and/or the mirror carrier via at least one elastomeric connecting piece.

Abstract: A control circuit includes a first light source, a second light source, an input channel for receiving an input signal, at most two output channels each configured to control one of the first light source and the second light source, where the control circuit is configured to use at most two cables, and is capable of permanently powering on one of the first light source and the second light source while, at the same time, flashing on and off the other of the first light source and the second light source.

Abstract: A head section for a rear view device for a motor vehicle includes a casing means including at least one housing section and a lid section arranged on a side of the housing section which faces away from a driving direction of the motor vehicle, at least one electronic unit arranged in a hollow area formed between the housing section and the lid section, a first rear view means for displaying an area of the motor vehicle, and a second rear view means for displaying a second area of the motor vehicle, where the second rear view means is arranged on the lid section, with the lid section and the second rear view means includes a combined, single-piece component, and where the lid section includes a polymeric substrate, which is coated with a chromium-based reflective coating.

Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator device comprising at least one retaining means on which rearview means can be secured or is secured and which are mounted in a movable manner relative to a housing component of a rearview device and comprising at least one adjusting unit with at least one second adjusting means for moving the retaining means relative to the housing component. The first adjusting means and the second adjusting means each comprise at least one shape-memory element, and the first adjusting unit and the second adjusting unit are arranged between the housing component and the retaining means so as to be mechanically connected in series. The first adjusting unit has a first maximum travel path, and the second adjusting unit has a second maximum travel path which is different from the first maximum travel path. The invention also relates to a rearview device with an actuator device according to the invention.

Abstract: An electronic device of a vehicle part of a motor vehicle includes at least one housing having at least one base surface of the vehicle part and a cover piece attached on the base surface, which in the attached state delimits an almost completely closed cavity, at least one first retaining means of a first surface of the vehicle part through which the housing is fixed in or on the vehicle part, and at least one electronic module including at least one conductor unit and at least one contact means connected with the conductor unit.

Abstract: A rearview device for use with a vehicle includes a first reflective element backing plate, a first reflective element positioned on the first reflective element backing plate, a second reflective element backing plate, a second reflective element positioned on the second reflective element backing plate, and an attachment mechanism including at least one of one or more tracks, snaps, clips, and projections configured to attach the first reflective element backing plate to the second reflective element backing plate.

Abstract: A method displays information graphically on an image captured by a vehicular optical system. The method includes capturing the image and identifying an object in the image. The method the assigns a priority level to the object based on a predetermined criterion. The object is altered based on its priority level to create an altered object. An altered object may have a changed color, a colored halo surrounding it, or a colored object inside it. Other possible ways to alter the way the object looks are possible. The altered object is displayed in the image in place of the object on a mobile device to alert a person of its presence and the priority level associated therewith.

Abstract: A camera device for a motor vehicle includes a camera module with a module body having at least one aperture, a sensor adapted to detect electromagnetic radiation of a spectral range and arranged within the module body, and an optical element mounted to substantially cover, fill or close the aperture, a deployment system adapted to move the camera module between a retracted state, in which at least the optical element is arranged within the cavity of the vehicle body with the outer surface of the camera module body being generally flush with the exterior of the vehicle body, and a deployed state, in which the camera sensor is operable and at least the optical element protrudes from the vehicle body, and cleaning means for cleaning the optical element at least during movement of the camera module between the retracted state and the deployed state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mirror having a backing plate or polymeric substrate being coated with a reflective coating, for example a chromium-based reflective coating. A mirror assembly includes a mirror housing, a reflective element having a first field of view, a reflective coating having a second field of view, the second field of view being wider than the first field of view, and a multi-function backing plate supported by the mirror housing and comprising a reflective element supporting region where the reflective element is supported by the multi-function backing plate and a reflective coating supporting region where the reflective coating is applied to the backing plate.

Abstract: A method is shown to indicate to a driver of a vehicle the presence of an object moving relative to the vehicle. The method begins by collecting data using a camera or other such image capturing device. The data is analyzed to detect a hazard created by the presence of the object, regardless of whether it is moving or not. A warning associated with the hazard is created. Both the hazard and the warning are displayed using the display device.

Abstract: A camera module housing of a vehicle includes at least a first light source adapted to radiate light having a first color, a second light source adapted to radiate light having a second color, wherein the first color is different from the second color, at least a first opening in the aperture of the camera module housing adapted to allow for light passing through from the first light source, at least a second opening in the aperture of the camera housing adapted to allow for light passing through from the second light source, where the first and second opening are arranged around a lens of the camera. A control circuit for controlling a lighting application in a vehicle includes at least a voltage input channel for receiving an input voltage; and at least a first output channel, a first lighting device, a second output channel, and a second lighting device.

Abstract: A rearview device for a motor vehicle includes a moveable head assembly, an actuator assembly having a fixed part and a moveable part, the moveable part being attached to the head assembly, a motor cradle configured to attach the actuator assembly to the moveable head assembly. A method of assembling a rearview device comprises providing the rearview device and attaching the actuator assembly to the moveable head assembly using the motor cradle.

Abstract: A heating device for a lens of a camera includes at least one body including at least one matrix material and at least one conductive material, the conductive material being dispersed in the matrix material to form a conductive mass, and at least two electrical contacts contacting the conductive mass for applying an electrical voltage to the conductive mass. A system includes such a heating device and a camera, a rear view display device for a vehicle includes such a heating device or such a system, and a vehicle includes such a rear view display device.

Abstract: A rear-view sensor system for a motor vehicle includes at least one sensor in the form of at least one of a rear-view camera and a lidar sensor positioned in the motor vehicle interior between a bodywork roof and a rear window, and a position-changing apparatus which moves the at least one sensor back and forth between a rest position and at least one operating position, where the at least one sensor is arranged in a recess in the rest position and is arranged right behind an upper part of the rear window in the at least one operating position.

Abstract: A lighting device installed in a vehicle for optimized light distribution includes a substrate having quantum dots which are adapted to emit light, a reflecting layer which may be arranged on the bottom side of the substrate, and a transparent layer which may be arranged on the top side of the substrate.

Abstract: A method for identifying a signaling state of at least one signaling device including a traffic light includes obtaining at least one image which includes an image of the at least one signaling device, extracting a region of the at least one image which includes the image of the at least one signaling device, detecting the at least one signaling device within the extracted region of the at least one image, and detecting a signaling state of the signaling device after detecting the at least one signaling device within the extracted region.

Abstract: A side rearview vision assembly for a vehicle includes a base that is fixedly secured to the vehicle. A support arm is pivotally secured to the base. A positioning arm is secured to the support arm and is movable with respect to the support arm. The positioning arm defines a distal end. A camera is attached to the distal end of the positioning arm such that the camera moves with the positioning arm as the positioning arm moves relative to said support arm. The camera is configured to provide images exterior to the vehicle. A camera motor is operatively connected to the camera and changes its orientation with respect to the distal end of said positioning arm.

Abstract: A travel direction indicator module for an exterior rearview mirror arrangement for a motor vehicle has at least one light source. A first light conductor associated with the at least one light source includes a multiplicity of light decoupling points. The travel direction indicator further includes a second light conductor. The light source couples a first beam part into the first light conductor at a first end and a second beam part into the second light conductor at a first end. A module housing is formed as one injection molded part in common with the first light conductor and the second light conductor. The at least one light source emits light into a single light decoupling area, which is arranged in an area of the second end of the first light conductor situated opposite the first end of the first light conductor. An exterior rearview mirror arrangement having such a travel direction indicator module is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for identifying a signaling state of at least one signaling device from a plurality of signaling devices includes obtaining at least one image which comprises each of the plurality of signaling devices, representing at least one first group of the plurality of signaling devices detected by the image using a display device, receiving a user input regarding the display device or regarding a representation provided by the display device, evaluating the user input and selecting a second group from the first group of the plurality of signaling devices, and detecting a signaling state of the signaling devices of the second group and outputting a signal as a function of at least one detected signaling state of a signaling device of the second group in response to a change in the signaling state. A device for carrying out such a method is also described.