Patent ID: 8169307
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: B60Q,B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle rear-view mirror, comprising: a mirror element having a semi-transmissive reflective film on one surface of a transparent substrate; a dark color mask member having an opening in a surface thereof, the mask member being arranged over an entire region excluding the opening or at a necessary region excluding the opening, on a back side of the mirror element; a dark color light-orienting tube arranged so that it protrudes backward from a back side of the mask member, a front end-side opening of the light-orienting tube being communicatively connected to the opening of the mask member on a same axis, the axis of the tube being arranged so that it is inclined relative to the mirror element in a direction toward a driver's viewpoint, the tube being of a dark color on an inner side; an indication mask, arranged outside or inside the light-orienting tube at a back portion of the tube, in which a warning symbol expressing the content of a particular warning is drawn as a transmissive pattern; a light source arranged behind the indication mask, wherein: light emitted from the light source is formed into indication light having the pattern of the warning symbol by making the light pass through the indication mask; and the indication light is guided to the driver's viewpoint by making the light pass through the light-orienting tube and the opening of the mask member and further pass through the mirror element.