Patent ID: 8564662
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An overhead console for use in a motor vehicle at least partially housing a vision system having a camera mounted on the motor vehicle, comprising: a display source configured to receive video signals from the camera, wherein the display source is mounted within the overhead console; a first screen portion attached to the motor vehicle configured to display video images from the display source when the vision system is operating in a first mode; a second screen portion adjacent the first screen portion and a part of a same rear view mirror assembly as the first screen portion, the second screen portion comprising a mirror portion for reflecting images; and wherein the display source is configured to project video images onto the first screen portion, and wherein the first screen portion is configured to reflect the video images such that the video images appears to a person within the motor vehicle to be at a distance greater than the distance between the display source and the first screen portion, wherein the first screen portion is selectively deformable to alter a focal point of the reflected video images, wherein the motor vehicle automatically selectively deforms the first screen portion to alter the focal point of the reflected video images in response to a predetermined condition associated with the motor vehicle, and wherein the automatic deformation is caused to occur without direct manual deformation of the first screen portion.