Single sensor adaptive drive circuit for rearview mirror system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5193029
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07794441

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An automatic rearview mirror system having a reflective element that is actuatable between at least two different reflective conditions by a control that discriminates between glare-causing and nonglare-causing light simultaneously sensed by a single light sensor. The control includes a processor that is more responsive to decreasing levels of light than to increasing levels of light to produce a signal that is indicative of the slow-transient characteristic of the light sensed by the single light sensor. The processor may include a very slow signal processor that is always operative and a somewhat faster-slow signal processor, which may be selectively inhibited when the mirror is fully colored, or when a differential circuit indicates that the difference between the glare and the non-glare light sensed by the light sensor exceeds a predetermined level. The differential circuit may additionally limit the differential between the glare and the nonglare lights sensed by the light sensor.

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DONNELLY CORPORATION A CORP OF MI414 EAST FORTIETH STREET HOLLAND MI 49423

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gahan, Richard J Holland, MI 9 3896
Larson, Mark L Grand Haven, MI 139 27881
Schierbeek, Kenneth L Zeeland, MI 70 14167
Schofield, Kenneth Holland, MI 307 71117

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