IP Library Granted Patent US 9,554,079
Granted Patent B2
US 9,554,079 · App. 14/377,564 · Granted Jan 24, 2017

Vehicle-mounted electronic device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,554,079
App. No.
14/377,564
Granted
Jan 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle-mounted electronic device according to the present invention is provided with a sensor 15 that detects illumination 17 from a following vehicle 16 , in at least one of a display unit 9 and a main body case 7 , and is configured such that a control unit 11 rotates the display unit 9 by means of a drive unit 10 when the sensor 15 detects the illumination 17 from the following vehicle 16 . Thereby, the illumination 17 from the following vehicle 16 does not reflect on the display unit 9 toward a viewer, as a result of which, the influence by illumination from the following vehicle 16 can be reduced.

Claims (7)

1. A vehicle-mounted electronic device, comprising a main body case to be attached to a ceiling surface of a vehicle, a display unit that is attached to the main body case to be openable downward and closable, a drive unit that drives the display unit to open and close, and a control unit that is connected to the drive unit, and comprising a configuration wherein

a sensor that detects illumination from a following vehicle is provided in at least one of the display unit and the main body case, and the control unit rotates the display unit by means of the drive unit, when the sensor detects illumination from a following vehicle, further comprising a configuration wherein

at an opening time of the display unit, the display unit is brought into a state in which the display unit is opened at 90 degrees or more with respect to the main body case, and when illumination from a following vehicle is detected by the sensor, the display unit is rotated, by the drive unit, in a direction in which an opening angle of the display unit with respect to the main body case becomes smaller.

2. The vehicle-mounted electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is configured by a camera.

3. The vehicle-mounted electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the sensor is provided at an outer perimeter portion of the display unit.

4. The vehicle-mounted electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a configuration wherein

after the sensor detected illumination from a following vehicle, if a state in which no illumination from the following vehicle is detected is continued for a predetermined time period, the control unit causes the display unit to perform an opening operation.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0223 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034537/0136 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2014
From: YAMADA, TOMOHIRO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034149/0724 →