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Granted Patent B2
US 12,479,365 · App. 18/407,687 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Automobile

Inventors: Min Zhang (Hangzhou, CN); Kaihong Dai (Hangzhou, CN); Wei Zhang (Hangzhou, CN); Hongbin Ran (Hangzhou, CN); Weilong Ling (Hangzhou, CN); Yali Qiu (Hangzhou, CN); Shujian Zhang (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignees: ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD.; GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NINGBO) CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,479,365
App. No.
18/407,687
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an automobile, including a vehicle body and a rearview system. A vehicle cabin is provided inside the vehicle body, the vehicle body includes a roof and a tailgate directly connected to the roof, and the tailgate is made of an opaque material; the rearview system is provided on the vehicle body and including an exterior rearview mirror, an interior rearview mirror module and a first camera module, the exterior rearview mirror and the first camera module are both located outside the vehicle cabin, the interior rearview mirror module is located in the vehicle cabin, the interior rearview mirror module includes an inner rearview display screen electrically connected to the first camera module and provided with an image display mode; and in the image display mode, the inner rearview display screen is configured to display driving environment behind the automobile captured by the first camera module.

Claims (28)

1 . An automobile, comprising:

a vehicle body, wherein a vehicle cabin is provided inside the vehicle body, the vehicle body comprises a roof and a tailgate, the tailgate is directly connected to the roof, and the tailgate is made of an opaque material; and

a rearview system provided on the vehicle body and comprising an exterior rearview mirror, an interior rearview mirror module and a first camera module,

wherein the exterior rearview mirror and the first camera module are both located outside the vehicle cabin, the interior rearview mirror module is located in the vehicle cabin, the interior rearview mirror module comprises an inner rearview display screen, the inner rearview display screen is electrically connected to the first camera module and provided with an image display mode;

in the image display mode, the inner rearview display screen is configured to display driving environment behind the automobile captured by the first camera module;

the inner rearview display screen is further provided with a specular reflection mode;

in the specular reflection mode, the inner rearview display screen is configured to reflect a rear row situation of the vehicle cabin at least;

the rearview system further comprises a control module electrically connected to the inner rearview display screen, and the control module is configured to control on/off of the image display mode according to a direction of driver's gaze;

in response to that the driver's gaze is directed toward the inner rearview display screen, the image display mode is turned on; and

in response to that the driver's gaze is not directed toward the inner rearview display screen, the image display mode is turned off to save energy consumption of the rearview system.

2 . The automobile according to claim 1 , wherein the rearview system further comprises a control module electrically connected to the inner rearview display screen, and the control module is configured to control display brightness of the inner rearview display screen according to ambient light information.

3 . The automobile according to claim 2 , wherein the rearview system further comprises a photosensitive sensor electrically connected to the control module and/or a time acquisition module electrically connected to the control module, the control module is further configured to obtain the ambient light information according to the photosensitive sensor, and/or estimate the ambient light information according to time information obtained by the time acquisition module.

4 . The automobile according to claim 1 , wherein the rearview system further comprises a gaze detection device electrically connected to the control module, the gaze detection device has a preset gaze range, and the control module is further configured to obtain the direction of the driver's gaze according to a human eye captured by the gaze detection device falling into a gaze range; and/or

the rearview system further comprises a second camera module electrically connected to the control module, the second camera module is configured to capture driver's head turning information, and the control module is further configured to estimate the direction of the driver's gaze according to the driver's head turning information captured by the second camera module.

5 . The automobile according to claim 1 , wherein the rearview system further comprises a control module electrically connected to the inner rearview display screen, and the control module is configured to determine that the inner rearview display screen is in the image display mode when the automobile is in a braking state according to braking information.

6 . The automobile according to claim 5 , wherein the rearview system further comprises a brake pedal electrically connected to the control module and/or an acceleration sensor electrically connected to the control module, the control module is further configured to obtain the braking information according to an opening value of the brake pedal, and/or obtain the braking information according to the acceleration sensor.

7 . The automobile according to claim 1 , wherein the rearview system further comprises a control module electrically connected to the inner rearview display screen, the control module is configured to determine that the inner rearview display screen is in the image display mode when the automobile is in a reversing state according to reversing information.

8 . The automobile according to claim 7 , wherein the rearview system further comprises a gear converter electrically connected to the control module and/or a direction sensor electrically connected to the control module, the control module is further configured to obtain the reversing information according to that the gear converter being converted to a reverse gear, and/or obtain the reverse information according to the direction sensor.

9 . The automobile according to claim 1 , wherein the inner rearview display screen is further provided with a split-screen mode; in the split-screen mode, the inner rearview display screen is provided with a first partition and a second partition, the first partition is in the image display mode, and the second partition is in the specular reflection mode.

10 . The automobile according to claim 9 , wherein the rearview system further comprises a control module electrically connected to the inner rearview display screen, and the control module is configured to determine that the inner rearview display screen is in the split-screen mode when the automobile is in a turning state or a lane-changing state according to steering information.

11 . The automobile according to claim 10 , wherein the rearview system further comprises a turn light electrically connected to the control module and/or a steering sensor electrically connected to the control module, the control module is further configured to obtain the steering information according to an activation of the turn light, and/or obtain the steering information according to the steering sensor.

12 . The automobile according to claim 1 , wherein the inner rearview display screen is further provided with a split-screen mode; in the split-screen mode, the inner rearview display screen is provided with a first partition and a second partition, the first partition is in the image display mode, and the second partition is in the specular reflection mode; and

the vehicle cabin is further provided with a control panel configured to allow a driver to directly control the inner rearview display screen to switch among the image display mode, the specular reflection mode and the split-screen mode.

13 . The automobile according to claim 12 , wherein the vehicle body further comprises a steering wheel and an instrument panel, and the control panel is provided on the interior rearview mirror module and/or the steering wheel and/or the instrument panel.

14 . The automobile according to claim 1 , wherein the first camera module is provided on a top of the vehicle body or a rear of the vehicle body and is disposed toward the rear of the automobile.

15 . The automobile according to claim 14 , wherein the first camera module is provided on the tailgate; and/or

the vehicle body comprises a rear light, and the first camera module is provided on the rear light; and/or

the vehicle body comprises a rear bumper, and the first camera module is provided on the rear bumper.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2024
From: ZHANG, MIN; DAI, KAIHONG; ZHANG, WEI; RAN, HONGBIN; LING, WEILONG; QIU, YALI; ZHANG, SHUJIAN
To: ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD.; GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NINGBO) CO., LTD
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202310043917.9 · Jan 29, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240253566A1 · Aug 1, 2024
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