The vehicle-sider rear-view mirror mounted bird deterrent system delivers an electric shock to scare birds away. The bird deterrent system includes a shock strip, a sensor, a microcontroller, a power source, and a vehicle-side rear-view mirror. The vehicle-side rear-view mirror can be any rear-view mirror of a commercial or passenger vehicle. The shock strip is a thin flexible strip that attaches onto an exterior face of the vehicle-side rear-view mirror. The shock strip is positioned along the side rear-view mirror and covers most of the flat surface which the bird is likely to stand on. The sensor is operatively connected to the shock strip, wherein the sensor transmits a signal to the microcontroller when it detects a bird standing on the shock strip. The microcontroller completes a circuit between the power source and the shock strip, thereby creating a flow of electrical current capable of delivering an electrical shock.

A processor for a vehicle camera system, the processor arranged to: receive image data captured by a camera, the image data providing a field of view surrounding a host vehicle; determine the presence of an obstruction in the field of view; receive inputs from one or more other sensors; determine the presence or absence of obstructions in a field of view of the one or more other sensors, wherein each determined presence or absence carries an associated confidence score and wherein each confidence score contributes to a confidence total; and control a display to display the image data based on the detection of the obstruction in the field of view provided by the image data and based on a comparison of the confidence total to a confidence threshold.

A mirror assembly for use with mirror housing on autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle, including a reflector for collecting and distributing emitted light to a plurality of icon regions, a circuit board, a plurality of light sources mounted to the circuit board and positioned to selectively emit light to illuminate the icon regions, wherein the circuit board provides selective illumination of the icon regions via the light sources in response to one or more received signal inputs from the vehicle indicating an imminent autonomous vehicle maneuver, a mirror having a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the reflector is secured at least indirectly to the rear surface and a plurality of icons visible along a driver viewing axis relative to the front surface of the mirror during illumination, wherein the plurality of icons are positioned over the icon regions to allow for selective icon illumination via a selected icon region.

A side-facing brake light assembly, including a left side-facing brake light incorporated into a left side view mirror and a right side-facing brake light incorporated into a right side view mirror, the left and right side-facing brake lights operable by an electrical circuit. Both the left side-facing and right side-facing brake lights are positioned and directed such that drivers and pedestrians on both the right side and the left side of the vehicle can see when the brakes of the vehicle have been applied, especially useful as the vehicle approaches an intersection. The side-facing brake light apparatus of the invention more effectively communicates the intention of the driver as he/she approaches the intersection, thereby increasing the safety of other drivers and pedestrians. The side-facing brake light apparatus of the invention helps to avoid serious collisions, property damage, and loss of life due to misunderstandings of other drivers and pedestrians.

A camera arm of a camera system for a vehicle comprises a first structural element connecting the camera arm to the vehicle and a second structural element comprises at least one camera. A fastening for the at least one camera offers protection against external damaging influences on the fastening, the camera arm, and on all elements, devices, and modules arranged thereon. The camera arm comprises a variable-volume fluid vessel, connecting the first and the second structural element to one another. At least one restoring element connects the first and the second structural element to one another. The restoring element exerts a force on the second structural element in the direction of the first structural element. The force is varied as a result of the amount of fluid in the fluid vessel, such that the second structural element is moved relative to the first structural element by the varying force.

A vehicle side mirror (22) housing (12) base (17) and mirror (23) to view behind you. A vehicle side mirror (22) is concealed and revealed through an opening in the vehicle body (11) automatically when started, turned off, in park, in autonomous mode or manually with a switch, key fob or voice command. When concealed in the container (16) the vehicle allows for more room to pass and less damage to the un-exposed vehicle side mirror (22), when driving or in autonomous mode the vehicle side mirror (22) is concealed thus the vehicle can have an increase in fuel economy do to the decrease of the drag coefficient.

A mirror cleaning system, an improved mirror for a vehicle having the system installed thereto, and a method of cleaning the improved mirror using the system. The system includes a housing attachable to a vehicle side mirror, a heating element operably connected to a power source, a wiper, and a spray nozzle fluidly connected to a cleaning fluid source. The system is designed to de-ice and de-frost the improved mirror, spray cleaning fluid thereon, and wipe debris and fluids to improve driver visibility.

Provided is an optical device that involves a simple attachment operation without the need for an adjustment process. The optical device includes a transparent body portion having a plurality of curved faces on its outer peripheral surface; and a blind-spot-side outward facing curved reflecting mirror, a blind-spot-side inward facing curved reflecting mirror, an eve-point-side inward facing curved reflecting mirror, and an eye-point-side outward facing curved reflecting mirror, which are integrally formed with the body portion. The body portion has formed therein an optical path that allows a light beam reflected by the blind-spot-side outward facing curved reflecting mirror to be sequentially reflected by the blind-spot-side inward facing curved reflecting mirror and the eye-point-side inward facing curved reflecting minor and then reach the eye-point-side outward facing curved reflecting mirror.

A door sash structure according to an embodiment includes: a sash that is configured to guide a front end edge of a door glass of a vehicle for ascending and descending of the door glass, an inner reinforcement that extends along a front-rear direction of the vehicle at a more inner position of the vehicle than the door glass, and an attachment member that is fixed on a side adjacent to the inside of the vehicle of the sash, and includes a mirror attachment portion and an inner reinforcement attachment portion. The mirror attachment portion is configured to allow a door mirror to be attached thereto in front of the sash in the front-rear direction. The inner reinforcement attachment portion extends from the door mirror attachment portion and allows the inner reinforcement to be fixed thereto in the rear of the sash in the front-rear direction.

A drive recorder is provided with a moving object detecting unit and a temporary recording control unit. A moving object detecting unit detects a moving object in a captured image acquired by an image acquiring unit mounted on the own vehicle and provided with a plurality of cameras capturing images around the own vehicle. A temporary recording control unit selects, as a temporary recording camera, one or more cameras which are included in the plurality of cameras in the image acquiring unit and which include a target camera which is a camera including the position of the moving object within an image capturing range of the camera, according to a detection result from the moving object detecting unit, and to record an image captured by the temporary recording camera in a previously prepared recording medium.