Interior rearview mirror system with compass

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7600878
APP PUB NO 20090144996A1
SERIAL NO

12370043

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An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly, a mirror casing, a reflective element, an information display, a compass sensor and control circuitry. The compass sensor is disposed in the mirror casing and has at least a first magnetoresponsive sensing element and a second magnetoresponsive sensing element. The information display is disposed behind the reflective element whereby information displayed by the information display is viewable through the transflective reflector by a driver of a vehicle when the information display is displaying information. The control circuitry determines a directional heading of the vehicle responsive to the sensing by the first and second magnetoresponsive sensing elements, and the control circuitry automatically compensates for a deviating magnetic field of the vehicle and generates a signal indicative of the directional heading of the vehicle. The information display displays the directional heading of the vehicle.

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DONNELLY CORPMICHIGAN MICHIGAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Blank, Rodney K Zeeland , US 107 9824
Lynam, Niall R Holland , US 660 102635
Schierbeek, Kenneth L Zeeland , US 70 14167

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