Patent ID: 7325936

Claim:
A rearview correcting system for a vehicle, comprising: rearview obtaining means for providing a rearview to an occupant on a driver's seat, including a mirror; drive means for driving the rearview obtaining means to change a view angle of the rearview provided by the rearview obtaining means, wherein the driving means changes the view angle of the rearview in forward and rearward directions and also leftward and rightward directions; a mirror position detecting device; control means for controlling the operation of the drive means; and forward and rearward inclination detecting means for detecting a forward and rearward inclination of the vehicle, wherein the control means includes a section which stores an initial position of the rearview obtaining means; the control means controls the operation of the drive means so as to vertically change the view angle of the rearview obtaining means based on a value detected by the forward and rearward inclination detecting means; and the control means also delays the operation of the drive means dependent on the value detected by the forward and rearward inclination detecting means.