Patent ID: 8704892
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An electronic mirror disposed in a vehicle that includes an optical mirror and an imaging device, the optical mirror reflecting at least one of areas behind and to sides of the vehicle, the imaging device capturing an image of the at least one of the areas as a surrounding image, the electronic mirror comprising: a first display section disposed along a first plane so as to face a viewer, the first display section including a display region having a shape similar to a shape of a reflecting surface of the optical mirror, the first display section displaying the surrounding image captured by the imaging device in the display region; a second display section disposed on a second plane that intersects with the first plane, the second display section displaying a frame image that has a shape taken along an outer periphery of the display region; and a half mirror having a plate shape, the half mirror disposed in a space between the first display section and the second display section, the half mirror displaying a real image of the surrounding image displayed by the first display section and a virtual image of the frame image displayed by the second display section in such a manner that the real image of the surrounding image and the virtual image of the frame image overlap each other, wherein a distance between the first display section and a point of the half mirror is greater than a distance between the second display section and the point of the half mirror so that the frame image is offset relative to the outer periphery of the surrounding image when the real image of the surrounding image and the virtual image of the frame image are viewed in the half mirror.