Patent ID: 11858423
Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 9:
10. The vehicular dual-state interior rearview mirror assembly of claim 1, wherein the electrochromic mirror reflective element comprises an overhang region where a cross dimension of the front substrate is greater than a corresponding cross dimension of the rear substrate, and wherein a light sensor is disposed at the overhang region, and wherein the light sensor senses light levels at the vehicular dual-state interior rearview mirror assembly, and wherein the light sensor is disposed behind the front substrate and below the video display device, and wherein the light sensor senses light that passes through the front substrate of the electrochromic mirror reflective element at the overhang region, and wherein light that passes through the front substrate at the overhang region does not pass through the electrochromic medium of the electrochromic mirror reflective element.