Patent ID: 11912201
Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 33:
34. A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly, said vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly comprising:
a camera;
wherein, with said vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly mounted at a side portion of a vehicle, said camera is disposed at a lower portion of said vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly, relative to ground, and views exterior and at least sideward of the vehicle;
wherein, with said vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly mounted at the side portion of the vehicle, said camera captures image data for a surround view display system of the vehicle;
a dual mode illumination module;
wherein said dual mode illumination module comprises a printed circuit board, and wherein said printed circuit board comprises a first light emitting diode (LED) and a second LED;
wherein said first LED is operable to emit visible white light when electrically powered;
wherein said second LED is operable to emit non-visible light when electrically powered;
wherein, with said vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly mounted at the side portion of the vehicle, and when the vehicle is parked and said first LED is electrically powered, said first LED emits visible white light to provide visible ground illumination at a ground region at least partially along the side portion of the vehicle;
wherein visible ground illumination by said vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly at the ground region is locked-out during movement of the vehicle;
wherein, with said vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly mounted at the side portion of the vehicle, and when said second LED is electrically powered, said second LED emits non-visible light to provide non-visible illumination for said camera; and
wherein non-visible light emission by said second LED is not locked-out during movement of the vehicle.