Patent ID: 6956302

Claim:
A vehicle rear vision system suitable for use in a vehicle equipped with a vehicle communication network, said system comprising: an interior rearview mirror assembly and an exterior rearview mirror assembly; said interior rearview mirror assembly including an interior electro-optical reflectance element and a first microprocessor-based control; said exterior rearview mirror assembly including an exterior electro-optical reflectance element and a second microprocessor-based control; said first microprocessor-based control controlling a partial reflectance level of said interior electro-optical reflectance element; said second microprocessor-based control controlling a partial reflectance level of said exterior electro-optical reflectance element; and said first microprocessor-based control of said interior rearview assembly formatting messages for the vehicle communication network and said second microprocessor-based control of said exterior mirror assembly decoding messages from the vehicle communication network.