Patent ID: 6746127
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A rearview mirror located between a driver's seat and a front passenger's seat in a front section of the passenger compartment of a vehicle, the rearview mirror comprising:a housing, wherein the housing includes a front surface facing the driver's seat, a rear surface at the opposite side of the front surface, and a slot at a part of the housing closer to the driver's seat than the passenger's seat, wherein the slot receives a recording medium that stores predetermined data; a reflector attached to the front surface of the housing; and an interface located in the housing, wherein the recording medium is attached to and removed from the interface by moving the recording medium along a predetermined moving axis, wherein the interface performs at least one of reading of data from the recording medium and writing of data to the recording medium, and wherein the predetermined moving axis is inclined relative to the front surface of the housing such that the predetermined moving axis approaches toward the center of the housing.