Patent ID: 8297763
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A method for correcting a viewing angle of a rear-view mirror on a vehicle when the vehicle is traveling on a hill, said method comprising: determining the slope of the hill; calculating a corrected mirror viewing angle based on the slope of the hill, wherein calculating a corrected mirror viewing angle includes calculating the viewing angle using the slope of the hill and the radius of curvature of the hill, and wherein the corrected viewing angle is calculated by the equation: where Δα is the corrected mirror angle, e is a height of the rear-view mirrors off of the ground, α is an angle defining the radius of curvature of the hill, α 0 is the angle between an original viewing angle of the rear-view mirror and the hill and ρ is the slope of the hill; and changing the viewing angle of the rear-view mirror using the corrected viewing angle.