Video display mirror and video display mirror system

Abstract

A video display mirror is provided with a half mirror, a monitor, and an interlocking mechanism. The half mirror is used so that a vehicle passenger can look toward the rear of the vehicle. The monitor is disposed near the half mirror toward the front of the vehicle. The interlocking mechanism moves in relation to a video image being displayed on the monitor and changes the angle of a reflection surface of the half mirror from the position of the half mirror when the rear of the vehicle is viewed.

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         11 . A video display mirror comprising:
 a half mirror used by a passenger of a vehicle for looking toward a rear of the vehicle; and   a monitor installed at a position on a front of the vehicle close to the half mirror,   wherein when a video image is displayed on a display surface of the monitor, the display surface of the monitor is at a position looked at by the passenger, and a reflective surface of the half mirror is directed toward a direction different from that of the display surface of the monitor and also to the direction different from an angle when the rear of the vehicle is looked at.   
     
     
         12 . A video display mirror comprising:
 a half mirror used by a passenger of a vehicle for looking toward a rear of the vehicle; and   a monitor installed at a position on a front of the vehicle close to the half mirror,   wherein when a video image is displayed on a display surface of the monitor, the display surface of the monitor is directed toward the same direction as that of the half mirror when the passenger looks toward the rear of the vehicle, and the half mirror is directed toward the direction different from that when the passenger looks toward the rear of the vehicle.   
     
     
         13 . The video display mirror according to  claim 11 ,
 wherein the monitor and the half mirror are arranged with inclination so that they can move at the same time, and   wherein when the passenger looks toward the rear of the vehicle by using the reflective surface of the half mirror, the display surface of the monitor is directed toward the direction different from that of the reflective surface of the half mirror.   
     
     
         14 . A video display mirror comprising:
 a half mirror used by a passenger of a vehicle for looking toward a rear of the vehicle; and   a monitor installed at a position on a front of the vehicle close to the half mirror,   wherein the video display mirror is arranged capable of selecting at least either one of:
 a position where the passenger of the vehicle looks toward a display surface of the monitor; and 
 a half mirror use position where the passenger of the vehicle looks toward the rear of the vehicle by a reflective surface of the half mirror, and 
   wherein if the position for looking toward the display surface of the monitor is selected,
 the reflective surface of the half mirror is directed toward a direction different from that of the display surface of the monitor and the direction different from an angle when the half mirror use position is selected. 
   
     
     
         15 . A video display mirror comprising:
 a half mirror used by a passenger of a vehicle for looking toward a rear of the vehicle; and   a monitor installed at a position on a front of the vehicle close to the half mirror, wherein   the video display mirror is arranged capable of selecting at least either one of:   a position where the passenger of the vehicle looks toward a display surface of the monitor; and   a half mirror use position where the passenger of the vehicle looks toward the rear of the vehicle by a reflective surface of the half mirror, and wherein   if the position for looking toward the display surface of the monitor is selected,   the display surface of the monitor is directed toward the same direction as that of the reflective surface of the half mirror when the half mirror use position is selected, and the reflective surface of the half mirror is directed toward the direction different from that when the half mirror use position is selected.   
     
     
         16 . The video display mirror according to  claim 14 , wherein
 wherein the monitor and the half mirror are arranged with inclination so that they can move at the same time, and   wherein when the half mirror use position is selected, the display surface of the monitor is directed toward the direction different from that of the reflective surface of the half mirror.   
     
     
         17 . A video display mirror comprising:
 a half mirror used by a passenger of a vehicle for looking toward a rear of the vehicle;   a monitor installed at a position on a front of the vehicle close to the half mirror, wherein when a video image is displayed on a display surface of the monitor, the display surface of the monitor is at a position looked at by the passenger; and   an interlocking mechanism which interlocks with display of the video image on the display surface of the monitor and changes an angle of a reflective surface of the half mirror to an angle different from that of the display surface of the monitor and the angle different from an angle when the rear of the vehicle is looked at.   
     
     
         18 . A video display mirror comprising:
 a half mirror used by a passenger of a vehicle for looking toward a rear of the vehicle;   a monitor installed at a position on a front of the vehicle close to the half mirror; and   an interlocking mechanism which interlocks with display of a video image on a display surface of the monitor and directs the display surface of the monitor to the same direction as that of a reflective surface of the half mirror when the passenger looks toward the rear of the vehicle and directs the reflective surface of the half mirror to a direction different from that when the passenger looks toward the rear of the vehicle.   
     
     
         19 . The video display mirror according to  claim 17 ,
 wherein the display surface of the monitor is arranged with inclination with respect to the reflective surface of the half mirror, and   wherein when the passenger looks toward the rear of the vehicle by using the reflective surface of the half mirror, the display surface of the monitor is directed toward a direction different from that of the reflective surface of the half mirror.   
     
     
         20 . The video display mirror according to  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a housing for accommodating the half mirror and the monitor.   
     
     
         21 . The video display mirror according to  claim 20 ,
 wherein the half mirror and the monitor are fixed to the housing, and when an angle of a reflective surface of the half mirror and an angle of a display surface of the monitor are to be changed, they are made movable together with the housing.   
     
     
         22 . A video display mirror comprising:
 a half mirror used by a passenger of a vehicle for looking toward a rear of the vehicle;   a monitor installed on a back surface side of the half mirror; and   a housing for accommodating the half mirror and the monitor,   a display surface of the monitor being at a position looked at by the passenger when a video image is displayed on the display surface of the monitor,   wherein when the passenger looks toward the monitor, the half mirror is accommodated in the housing so as to be directed toward a direction different from that of the display surface of the monitor and the direction different from an angle when the rear of the vehicle is looked at.   
     
     
         23 . A video display mirror comprising:
 a half mirror used by a passenger of a vehicle for looking toward a rear of the vehicle;   a monitor installed on a back surface side of the half mirror; and   a housing for accommodating the half mirror and the monitor,   a display surface of the monitor being at a position looked at by the passenger when a video image is displayed on the display surface of the monitor,   wherein when the passenger looks toward the monitor, the display surface of the monitor is directed toward the same direction as that of a reflective surface of the half mirror when the passenger looks toward the rear of the vehicle, and the reflective surface of the half mirror is accommodated in the housing so as to be directed toward a direction different from that when the passenger looks toward the rear of the vehicle.   
     
     
         24 . The video display mirror according to  claim 22 ,
 wherein when the passenger of the vehicle looks toward the rear of the vehicle by using the half mirror, the display surface of the monitor is directed toward a direction different from that of the reflective surface of the half mirror.