Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.

A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly configured for mounting at an interior portion of a vehicle and having a mirror head accommodating a mirror reflective element, a driver monitoring megapixel camera, and a near infrared light illuminator. With the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly mounted at the interior portion of the vehicle, and when the near infrared light illuminator is electrically operated, at least the head of the driver and a front passenger region are illuminated with near infrared light and the camera views at least the head of the driver and the front passenger seat region. At least one near infrared light emitter of the near infrared light illuminator is pulsed at a first pulse rate and at least one near infrared light emitter of the near infrared light illuminator is pulsed at a second pulse rate less than the first pulse rate.

A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a handle portion movable relative to a base portion. The handle portion includes a grasping portion pivotable relative to the base portion about a pivot axis. An electronic sensing device is configured to detect a discrete movement of the handle portion relative to the base portion. The detected discrete movement is in at least one direction parallel to a plane of the handle portion. The plane is parallel to the pivot axis and parallel to a longitudinal axis of the handle portion. Based on the electronic sensing device detecting an unlocking movement, an electronic switch coupled to a latch mechanism of the door is actuated. The unlocking movement includes two or more discrete movements of the handle portion. When the electronic switch is actuated, the electronic switch actuates the latch mechanism of the door to unlock the door.

A vehicular overhead console includes a housing and a pair of cover panels. Each cover panel is disposed at a respective opening of a pair of openings of the housing and includes a compartment configured to accommodate an item. Each cover panel is adjustable between a closed position and an opened position. A mechanical actuator is accommodated by the housing and coupled to each cover panel. The mechanical actuator is configured to move the cover panels together and in tandem between the closed and opened positions. The mechanical actuator includes a latch mechanism that releasably retains the cover panels in the closed positions. Responsive to at least one of the cover panels being manually moved from the closed position further away from the opened position, the latch mechanism releases the cover panels to allow the cover panels to move toward the opened positions.

A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head having a mirror casing and a mirror reflective element. The mirror casing includes a sidewall having an outer end region that circumscribes an open portion of the mirror casing. The mirror reflective element is disposed at the outer end region of the sidewall at the open portion of the mirror casing. The mirror reflective element includes at least a first glass substrate having a front surface and a rear surface and a substrate thickness spanning between the front surface of the first glass substrate and the rear surface of the first glass substrate. A circuit element is disposed within the mirror head. The circuit element includes a planar substrate having circuitry thereat. A plane of the planar substrate of the circuit element is non-parallel to a plane of the rear surface of the first glass substrate.

A vehicular rear slider window assembly includes a fixed window panel and a movable window panel. Electrically conductive traces are at respective surfaces of the fixed window panel and the movable window panel. A fixed panel electrical connector is affixed at and connected to the electrically conductive traces at the fixed window panel, and a movable panel electrical connector is affixed at and connected to the electrically conductive traces at the movable window panel. A flexible electrical connector includes a movable panel connecting element to connect to the movable panel electrical connector and a fixed panel connecting element to connect to the fixed panel electrical connector. Terminals of the movable panel connecting element disposed at a cover portion connect with respective terminals of the movable panel electrical connector via movement of the cover portion parallel to the longitudinal axes of the terminals of the movable panel electrical connector.

A vehicular exterior rearview mirror system includes a vehicle door having an inner sheet metal portion and an outer sheet metal portion. A base bracket includes (i) a body portion, (ii) a mirror mounting portion that extends from the body portion and (iii) an attaching portion that extends from the body portion. The attaching portion is attached at the inner sheet metal portion of the vehicle door. The body portion of the base bracket is partially disposed at an interior portion of the vehicle door between the inner sheet metal portion and the outer sheet metal portion. The mirror mounting portion extends outboard of the outer sheet metal portion from the body portion. A mirror head is attached at the mirror mounting portion of the base bracket. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element.

A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes a camera disposed at an interior cabin of a vehicle and viewing at least the head of a driver of the vehicle. A first subset of image data captured by the camera is representative of the head of the driver and is processed for monitoring the driver. A plurality of spectrally reflecting mirror elements are disposed within the interior cabin of the vehicle and spectrally reflect light toward the camera representative of at least a portion of light incident at respective obstructed regions within the interior cabin that are remote from the head of the driver and not directly viewed by the camera. A second subset of the image data is representative of light reflected from at least one spectrally reflecting mirror element. Based on processing the second subset of image data, the system determines presence of an object within a respective obstructed region.

A vehicular rearview mirror control system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly and a rearward-viewing camera disposed at a vehicle. The system, via processing of a first subset of image data captured by the rearward-viewing camera, is operable to detect ambient light rearward of the equipped vehicle. The system, via processing of a second subset of the image data captured by the rearward-viewing camera, is operable to detect light emanating from a headlight of another vehicle following the equipped vehicle. The first subset of the image data captured by the rearward-viewing camera is different than the second subset of the image data captured by the rearward-viewing camera. Responsive to determining that the detected light emanating from the headlight of the other vehicle glares a driver of the equipped vehicle, the ECU controls dimming of the electro-optic mirror reflective element of the interior rearview mirror assembly.

A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting arm and a mirror head. The mounting arm is received through an aperture in the mirror head, and an actuator is attached at the mounting arm within the mirror head. The actuator is operable to adjust the mirror head relative to the mounting arm and includes first and second motors that drive respective first and second gears. The first gear engages an arcuate gear disposed at an attachment element attached at the mirror head, and when the first motor is operated, the arcuate gear and the attachment element pivot relative to the actuator to adjust the mirror head about a first pivot axis. The second gear engages a rotationally fixed gear rotationally fixed to the mounting arm, and when the second motor is operated, the actuator travels about the second gear to adjust the mirror head about a second pivot axis.

A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting structure and a mirror head adjustable about the mounting structure. The mirror head accommodates a mirror reflective element comprising a glass substrate. With the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly mounted at an interior portion of a vehicle, the mirror head is adjustable about the mounting structure by a driver of the vehicle to adjust the driver's rearward view. The glass substrate includes a periphery surface extending between a planar first surface and a planar second surface and spanning the thickness dimension of the glass substrate. The planar first surface faces the driver of the vehicle. No part of the mirror casing encroaches onto the planar first surface of the glass substrate. The mirror head accommodates a video device for internal cabin surveillance, and wherein the internal cabin surveillance includes detection of drowsiness of the driver of the vehicle.