An automotive vehicle includes a body having an interior and an exterior. The interior defines an occupant cabin. The body has a door frame defining a door opening. A vehicle door is coupled to the door frame and is movable between open and closed positions relative to the door frame. The vehicle door has an exterior side and an interior side. In the closed position the vehicle door covers the door opening with the interior side being disposed on the interior of the body. The vehicle additionally includes a window secured to the vehicle door. The vehicle also includes an outside rear-view mirror housing coupled to the exterior of the body. The vehicle further includes an inside rear-view mirror housing coupled to the interior of the body proximate the window and a reflective surface disposed in the inside rear-view mirror housing.

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing various types of information to a vehicle driver. Such information can be used by the vehicle driver singularly or in conjunction with other information available to the vehicle driver in order to allow the driver to operate the vehicle in an increasingly safe manner and/or to reduce the likelihood of property damage and/or possible bodily injuries to the driver, etc. In some instances, such information is presented to the driver as an augmented reality environment such that the driver can see through objects that may be occluding the driver's vision.

A rearview device for a motor vehicle includes: a moveable mirror head assembly that includes an upper casing element, a lower casing element, and a bezel that carries a mirror glass; a base frame; a camera secured within a camera cradle that is mounted to the base frame; a motor cradle connected to the upper and lower casing elements; and an articulation assembly attached to the base frame and configured to move the moveable mirror head assembly connected to the articulation assembly via the motor cradle; wherein the camera is positioned to view through at least one of (i) an opening in the bezel through the mirror glass, or (ii) an opening in the lower casing element behind the mirror glass.

In accordance with the teachings described herein, a rearview device for a vehicle is provided that includes a moveable head assembly; a base assembly to be fixed to the vehicle; an actuator assembly; and a cradle configured to attach the actuator assembly to the moveable head assembly and/or the base assembly and a vehicle with such a rearview device.

A side mirror for a vehicle includes a camera, a mirror panel disposed at a portion of the side mirror, a display panel stacked on the mirror panel, and at least one processor configured to cause the side mirror to enter one of a mirror mode or a display mode based on vehicle traveling information, based on the side mirror being in the mirror mode, to output, on a portion of the display panel, a visualization on a mirror image that appears in the mirror panel, based on the side mirror being in the display mode, to output, on the display panel in the display mode, a side-rear image captured by the camera, and based on the side mirror being in the display mode, to provide, a visual effect to a portion of the side-rear image regarding ambient situation information.

Provided are a rear camera and a door camera provided at different positions and configured to image vehicle surroundings rearward from a vehicle, and a monitor configured to display a composite image merging captured images captured by the respective cameras and to display a blind spot advisory image to advise of a blind spot in the composite image.

An edge-lit rearview assembly comprising a housing; a mirror element having a perimeter and disposed within the housing; a bezel extending around at least a portion of the perimeter of the mirror element; at least one circuit board; at least one light source in electrical communication with the circuit board; wherein the at least one light source is in optical communication with at least a portion of the bezel.

A dual side mirror assembly, of a vehicle, includes a housing pivotally coupled to the vehicle between an unfolded position and a folded position. The housing includes a primary mirror coupled to the housing and a secondary mirror coupled to the housing. In the unfolded position, the primary mirror is in a reflective state and the secondary is in an unreflective state. In the folded position, the primary mirror is in the unreflective state and the secondary mirror is in the reflective state.

A modular camera structure to be mounted on the rear-view mirror frame on either lateral side of a large vehicle to eliminate rear-view blind spots includes an annular base, a cover, and a fastening member. The annular base has an annular projection on which an image-recording device is placed, and a curved groove on the opposite side. The cover has a lower opening coupled with the annular projection such that the image-recording device is secured in the cover and has its lens exposed through an upper opening of the cover. A recessed portion of the fastening member and the curved groove of the annular base can engage with two opposite sides of the rear-view mirror frame respectively, before locking members lock two ends of the fastening member to the annular base to secure the annular base and the fastening member tightly to the rear-view mirror frame in a clamping manner.

A car lens offset detection method and a car lens offset detection system are provided. The first image capturing device and the second image capturing device are disposed on a car, and the method includes: capturing a first image with use of a first image capturing device and capturing a second image with use of a second image capturing device; obtaining a plurality of first feature points from the first image according to a plurality of first predetermined positions and obtaining a plurality of second feature points from the second image according to a plurality of second predetermined positions; comparing feature values of the first feature points with feature values of the second feature points and determining whether the first feature points match the second feature points; in response to the first feature points not matching the second feature points, performing a calibration and warning operation.