JP2009241657A - Vehicular side visually recognizing mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular side visually recognizing mechanism visually recognizing the situation close to a road surface aside an automobile and the situation in a vicinity of front wheels with a simple constitution. <P>SOLUTION: The vehicular side visually recognizing mechanism includes a front side mirror (83) fitted to the cabin side of a front window (31) of a vehicle (1) and a side mirror (84) fitted to an upper outer surface of the vehicle (1). The side mirror (84) is arranged on an upper rail (40) on the vehicle side, or a sash upper part of the front door, or a center pillar (42) so as to reflect the beam (R) from the vehicle side toward the front side mirror (83). The front side mirror (83) is arranged to reflect the beam (R) from the side mirror (84) to the direction of the eye point of a driver (70). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle side-viewing mechanism.

  A driver of a car seated in the driver's seat cannot directly see the side of the car. Therefore, the driver must open the door window and check the side of the driver's seat to ensure safety when starting the car, etc., and use the side mirror and door mirror provided on the side of the car to A part of the side is confirmed. However, the side mirror and the door mirror are not provided for viewing the side of the automobile itself, but are provided on the side of the automobile and for confirming the situation behind the vehicle. Also, conventional side mirrors and door mirrors often use convex mirrors, and the projected image becomes small and difficult to see. Therefore, it is often difficult to confirm the situation near the road surface on the opposite side, particularly the situation near the front wheels.

In order to solve such a problem, an auxiliary mirror is added in the field of view of the side mirror, and this auxiliary mirror allows the driver to check the situation near the front wheels of the car, the rear and the side of the road surface. It is disclosed (for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, a dedicated mirror with a mirror surface disposed behind the side mirror or door mirror and on the side of the vehicle, such as a door, opposite to the mirror surface of the side mirror or door mirror is mounted, and the front wheel of the automobile on which the dedicated mirror projects A technique for visually recognizing the situation in the vicinity of the door using a side mirror or a door mirror is disclosed (for example, Patent Document 2).
JP-A-55-4242 JP-A-11-170914

The auxiliary mirror described above (Patent Document 1) must be provided in a location adjacent to the side mirror and door mirror, and the situation near the front wheel of the automobile and the road surface on the rear side is in the driver's field of view even during normal driving. Therefore, it is easy to be confused with the situation behind the side mirrors and door mirrors, which is troublesome for the driver. Next, since the above-described dedicated mirror (Patent Document 2) is provided at a position where the side mirror or the door mirror and the mirror surface face each other, and it is necessary to visually recognize the side of the automobile and the vicinity of the wheel, the field of view of the side mirror or the door mirror is reduced. Narrow, not preferred. As described above, the conventional side mirrors and door mirrors for widely viewing the back during traveling often use convex mirrors, and the image showing a limited range on the side of the vehicle is small and difficult to see. It was.
Reflecting recent video technology, a technology that can visually recognize the blind spot around the car by combining a CCD camera and a monitor has been developed. However, the number of parts increases and the configuration becomes complicated. There is a risk of increasing costs, and it does not lead to improvement in productivity.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle side-viewing mechanism that can visually recognize a situation near a road surface on the side of an automobile and a situation near a front wheel with a simple configuration.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention comprises a front side mirror attached to the inside of a front window of a vehicle, and a side side mirror attached to the upper outer surface of the vehicle, The upper side rail of the vehicle or the sash upper part of the front door or the center pillar is arranged so as to reflect the light beam from the side of the vehicle toward the front side mirror, and the front side mirror is arranged on the side side. The light beam from the mirror is arranged to reflect in the direction of the driver's eye point.

According to such a configuration, the driver can visually recognize the side of the vehicle while having a simple configuration. The front-side mirror is mounted at an appropriate position on the wide front window, so there is little risk of obstructing the front view, and the side-side mirror is located on the upper rail of the vehicle located at the top of the passenger compartment or the sash of the front door Since it is attached to the top or center pillar, the driver is less likely to be obstructed by the rear view of the vehicle reflected on the door mirror and side mirror. In which position the side mirror is disposed may be determined according to the form of the vehicle.
Note that the side of the vehicle that the driver should visually recognize is the side opposite to the driver's seat, but such a configuration may be on the driver's seat side or on the opposite side (passenger seat side). Can be easily applied.

In the above-described configuration, the front side mirror can be attached to an inner mirror for rearward viewing.
According to this configuration, the present invention can be applied without particularly changing the interior assembly process of the vehicle.

In the configuration described above, the side mirror is attached to a mirror housing, the mirror housing is attached to the vehicle via a mirror base, and a turn marker is attached to a portion of the mirror housing facing the vehicle outside. preferable.
Since the mirror housing to which the side mirror is attached is also attached to the upper part of the passenger compartment, the turn marker attached to the mirror housing is attached at a higher position than the position of the door mirror or side mirror. For this reason, a turn marker becomes easy to visually recognize with respect to a motorbike driver or a pedestrian.

In the configuration described above, it is preferable that the direction of the mirror surface of the side mirror and the front mirror is adjustable.
According to this configuration, the reflection angle of the side mirror can be adjusted according to the physique of the driver and the posture of the rider.
Further, according to this configuration, the mirror surface of the side mirror reflected on the front mirror can be removed from the driver's visible range when the vehicle is traveling. As described above, when the driver is traveling normally in the vehicle, the side of the vehicle is not projected on the front side mirror, and the annoyance can be reduced.
Specifically, the mirror housing is rotatably attached to the mirror base, the side mirror is rotated and stored in the mirror housing, and the mirror housing is moved up and down relative to the mirror base. By freely mounting, the mirror surface of the side mirror reflected on the front mirror when the vehicle is traveling can be removed from the visible range of the driver.

In the above-described configuration, it is preferable that an illumination mechanism that illuminates the side of the vehicle is disposed in the mirror housing.
According to such a configuration, the driver can visually recognize the side of the vehicle even at night or in a dark place.

The said structure WHEREIN: It is preferable that the windshield which covers the front projection range of the mirror surface of the said side side mirror is provided in the vehicle front side of the said side side mirror.
According to such a configuration, it is possible to avoid many winds and raindrops that directly hit the mirror surface of the side mirror while the vehicle is running, prevent the mirror surface from being dirty, and improve the aerodynamic performance of the vehicle itself. Further, if a hydrophilic film is formed on the mirror surface, the visibility in rainy weather can be improved.

The said structure WHEREIN: It is preferable that the said vehicle is equipped with the defogger toward the door window inside the vehicle near the line | wire which connects the said front side mirror and the said side side mirror.
According to such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the visibility from being deteriorated due to fogging of the door window.

  As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a vehicle side-viewing mechanism that solves the above-described problems and can visually recognize the situation near the road surface on the side of the automobile and the situation near the front wheels with a simple configuration. be able to.

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 1A is an overall side view of a vehicle to which the side visual recognition mechanism according to the present embodiment is applied, and FIG. 1B is a front view of the vehicle. In the following description, the vehicle is shown on the basis of FIG. 1B in which the front side of the vehicle is projected with the left side being the front and the running direction, the right side being the rear, with the vehicle orientation of FIG. The right side and left side of Here, the vehicle 1 is a so-called right-handled normal four-door sedan passenger car with a driver's seat on the left side in FIG. 1B, but is not limited thereto.

First, a schematic configuration of the vehicle 1 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1A, the vehicle 1 has a hood 10 that covers an engine room (not shown) in which an engine such as an engine is disposed from the top, a front fender 11 that covers from the side, and a front fender. There is a front wheel 20 provided below 11. In the center, a front window 31, a front door window 32, a rear door window 33, a rear window 37, a front door 34, a rear door 35, a roof 36 that covers the ceiling of the passenger compartment, and a periphery of the roof 36. There are an upper rail 40 provided, a front pillar 41 that supports the roof 36, a center pillar 42, and a rear pillar 43, and a door mirror 50 is provided in front of the front pillar 41. At the rear, there are a rear fender 60 that covers a trunk space (not shown) and the like from the side, and a rear wheel 21 that is provided below the rear fender 60.

  As shown in FIG. 1B, when the vehicle 1 is viewed from the front, the door mirrors 50 and 50 are on the right side surface and the left side surface of the vehicle, and from the portion of the front pillar 41 closest to the bonnet 10, It is arranged to project to the right or left. A driver (not shown) sitting on the driver's seat 90 uses the inner mirror 80 and the door mirrors 50 and 50 to visually recognize the rear of the vehicle 1.

Next, the interior of the vehicle 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows a case in which the passenger compartment 30 is placed on the driver's seat 90 from the outer side (left side in FIG. 1 (b)) to the driver's seat 90, the front window 31, and the vehicle 1 (see FIG. 1). It is a perspective view which faces the door window 31 of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the inner mirror 80 is provided substantially at the upper center of the front window 31, and the driver 70 visually recognizes the rear of the vehicle (see FIG. 1A) using the inner mirror 80. be able to. The inner mirror 80 is formed in a rectangular shape with rounded corners, and a mirror 82 is mounted in a frame 81 made of metal, resin, or the like so that the angle of the mirror surface can be changed. It is attached to the inside of 31 cars.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the structure of the vehicle side visual recognition mechanism concerning this embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 3 shows the upper rail 40 between the upper part of the front door window 31 and the upper part of the rear door window 32 in FIG. 1A as viewed from outside the vehicle on the passenger seat side (right side in FIG. 1B). FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the vicinity of the center pillar 42.

As shown in FIG. 2, the side visual recognition mechanism 100 includes a front side mirror 83 attached to the inner side of the front window 31 of the vehicle 1 and a side side mirror 84 attached to the upper outer surface of the vehicle 1. It is configured.
As will be described in detail later, the side-side mirror 84 is disposed so as to reflect the light beam R from the side of the vehicle toward the front-side mirror, and the front-side mirror 83 is provided from the side-side mirror 84. It arrange | positions so that the light ray R may be reflected in a driver | operator's eyepoint direction.

  The front mirror 83 is attached to the left side of the inner mirror 80 (closer to the passenger seat) adjacent to the mirror 82 so that the angle of the mirror surface can be changed. The size of the front-side mirror 83 is smaller than that of the mirror 82, but is appropriately set depending on the vehicle side field of view and the relationship with the side-side mirror described later.

  As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, the side mirror 84 is between the upper part of the front door window 32 and the upper part of the rear door window 33, and is a sash of the upper rail 40 and the front door 34 (see FIG. (Not shown) or a center pillar 42 in the vicinity of the upper rail 40. FIGS. 1 and 2 show an embodiment arranged in the center pillar 42, and FIG. 3 is a view of the side mirror 84 facing from the outside of the vehicle 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the side mirror 84 is rotatably mounted in the mirror housing 85 so that its mirror surface angle can be changed.
An angle adjustment mechanism (an actuator or the like, not shown) that tilts the side mirror 84 is housed inside the mirror housing 85, and the side mirror 84 is held by this angle adjustment mechanism.

  The mirror housing 85 is attached to the mirror base 44 formed on the center pillar 42. In the following description, the center pillar 42 is described as having a mirror base. However, in the case of a vehicle that does not have the center pillar 42, the upper rail 40 and the sash (not shown) of the front door 34 are used. A mirror base 44 can be formed. Further, the mirror housing 85 can be directly attached to the vehicle without using the mirror base 44.

  A turn marker 86 is attached to the outer surface of the mirror housing 85 facing the vehicle outer side. The mirror housing 85 is attached to the upper part of the vehicle 1, and the turn marker 86 attached to the mirror housing 85 is attached at a higher position than the position of the door mirror 50 (see FIG. 1) or the side mirror. For this reason, the turn marker 86 is easily visible to a motorcycle driver or a pedestrian. In the present embodiment, the turn marker 86 is attached as one component, but it is also possible to provide the same function as the turn marker by applying paint to the part.

Next, with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the operation of the vehicle side-viewing mechanism will be described. FIG. 4 is a side view of the vehicle 1 showing a visual field range of a side viewing mechanism described later.
As described above, the side-viewing mechanism 100 according to the present embodiment is disposed so that the situation on the side of the vehicle is reflected from the side-side mirror 84 to the front-side mirror 83 so that the driver can visually recognize it. .
Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the side mirror 84 is disposed at a position outside the range B, which is the field of view range of the door mirror 50.

  That is, as shown in a range A surrounded by a broken line in FIG. 4, the side-side mirror 84 has a mirror angle so as to project at least the road surface G immediately below the front end of the vehicle and the road surface G where the rear wheels are in contact with the ground. Is adjusted accordingly. As shown in FIG. 2, the side of the vehicle reflected on the side mirror 84 is projected on the front mirror 83 in the passenger compartment 30. That is, the driver 70 follows the path of the light ray R, and as shown in FIG. A range A between G can be visually recognized.

  In the above-described configuration, the front-side mirror and / or the side-side mirror can be a plane mirror or a convex mirror, the distance between the front-side mirror and the side-side mirror, the size of each mirror, and the driver An appropriate mirror can be selected according to the range to be visually recognized. The angles of the mirror surfaces of the side mirror 84 and the front mirror 83 are appropriately adjusted according to the driver's posture and physique.

  Here, when the side mirror 84 is a convex mirror, there is a concern that the image projected as in the prior art will be small, but the side mirror 84 and the front side mirror in this embodiment are It is intended to visually recognize a limited range of and has a different use from conventional door mirrors and side mirrors. Therefore, when both are convex mirrors, for example, by making the curvature of the front mirror 83 larger than the curvature of the side mirror 84, the image projected on the front mirror 83 can be enlarged. That is, it goes without saying that a configuration in which a combination of curvatures of convex mirrors or a combination of plane mirrors can be selected depending on the form of the vehicle, the mounting position of each mirror, and the viewing range.

As shown in FIG. 3, an illumination mechanism 87 that illuminates a range A of the visual field on the side of the vehicle that is projected is disposed on the lower surface of the mirror housing 85.
According to such a configuration, the driver 70 (see FIG. 2) can visually recognize the side of the vehicle even at night or in a dark place. An LED lamp or the like can be applied as the lighting device.
It is preferable to provide a defogger (not shown) directed to the door window inside the vehicle near the line connecting the side mirror 84 and the front mirror 83. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the visibility from being deteriorated due to fogging of the front door window 32.

  In the present embodiment, the example in which the front side mirror 83 capable of performing the same operation when assembling the interior of a conventional vehicle is integrated with the structure of the inner mirror 80 has been described. However, the front side mirror 83 is configured as a separate body. May be. Moreover, it cannot be overemphasized that the side visual recognition mechanism 100 is applicable only to the vehicle side of a driver | operator side, without being limited only to the vehicle side of the passenger side mentioned above.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing a modification of the side mirror, and FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of the present embodiment. In addition, since a basic effect | action etc. overlap with 1st Embodiment, description is abbreviate | omitted and a different part is demonstrated.
A rotation unit 145 is attached to the mirror housing 185 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the rotating unit 145 is mounted on a shaft (not shown) standing on the mirror base 144, and is interposed between the motor and the output shaft of the motor and the shaft. It is possible to apply an electric type equipped with a reduction gear. When the motor-driven rotating unit 145 rotates the motor, the mirror housing 145 rotates around the central axis of the shaft. It may be a manual type. That is, the rotation unit 145 is rotatable as indicated by an arrow ROT with respect to a rotation axis orthogonal to the surface.

The mirror housing 185 according to the present embodiment has a side mirror 184 as shown in FIG. 6A when it is necessary to check the side of the vehicle, particularly near the wheels, when the vehicle starts or runs at a low speed. Can be reversed as shown in FIG. 6B during normal driving.
That is, as described in the first embodiment, the driver 70 can visually recognize the side of the vehicle by the side mirror 84 and the front mirror 83 (see FIG. 1). On the other hand, since it is not necessary to visually recognize the vicinity of the wheels on the side of the vehicle during normal traveling, the mirror 185 is rotated 180 degrees to disengage the side mirror 184 from the view of the driver 70 (see FIG. 1). The side will not be reflected in the front mirror.

  Further, the surface of the mirror housing 185 opposite to the side mirror 84 has a smooth shape such as a streamlined shape so that it does not become a resistance to the wind W during traveling, and aerodynamics by adding the side mirror 184 is provided. Loss can be suppressed.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 shows the structure of a windshield structure that forms a windshield covering the front projection area of the mirror surface of the side mirror on the vehicle front side of the side mirror, and (a) shows the windshield according to this embodiment. It is the figure which faced the structure part from the outer side of a vehicle, (b) is a schematic diagram of the side cross section showing the effect | action of this embodiment. In addition, description is abbreviate | omitted about the structure which overlaps with 1st Embodiment or 2nd Embodiment, and a different part is demonstrated.

  As shown in FIG. 7A, in the present embodiment, the windshield structure 280 that covers the side mirror 84, the mirror housing 85, and the mirror base 44 (see FIG. 3) of the first embodiment includes the mirror base 44. Alternatively, it is attached to the center pillar 42. 7B, the windbreak structure portion 280 covers the side mirror 84, the mirror housing 85, and the mirror base 44, and has a predetermined front side of the side mirror 84. An aircraft fairing-like covering is provided at the leading end. Between the covering of the side mirror 84 and the like and the covering of the front end portion, as shown in FIG. 7B, the incident light R is reflected by the side mirror 84, and the front door window 32 is opened. A gap having the above-mentioned predetermined distance passing through and reaching the front side mirror 83 (see FIG. 2) is provided.

By providing the windbreak structure 280, the running wind W flows along the outer side of the fairing, as shown by the broken line in FIG. It flows along the outside of the cover such as the side mirror 84.
According to the structure of the windbreak structure portion 280, it is possible to avoid a lot of wind and raindrops that directly hit the mirror surface of the side mirror 84 while the vehicle is traveling, prevent the mirror surface from being soiled, and improve the aerodynamic performance of the vehicle itself. Can be improved. Furthermore, if a hydrophilic film is formed on the mirror surface, the visibility in rainy weather can be improved.
In the present embodiment, the windshield structure 280 that covers the side mirror 84 and the like according to the first embodiment has been described. However, the side with a windshield in which the side mirror, mirror housing, and windbreak structure are integrated. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the mirror is directly attached to the mirror base 44 or the center pillar 42.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. The present invention is not limited to the one described in the drawings, and design changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
For example, the side-side mirror can be folded or stored while the vehicle is running, so that aerodynamic loss can be suppressed as in the second embodiment.

FIG. 1A shows a vehicle to which a first embodiment of the present invention is applied, FIG. 1A is an overall side view of a vehicle to which a side visual recognition mechanism is applied, and FIG. 1B is a front view of the vehicle. FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a driver seated on a driver's seat, a front window, and a door window on the right side of the vehicle. FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of an upper rail and a center pillar between an upper part of a front door window and an upper part of a rear door window in FIG. It is a side view of the vehicle showing the visual field range of a side visual recognition mechanism. It is a sectional side view which shows the modification of the side side mirror concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram showing the effect | action of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The structure of the windshield structure part which comprises the windshield which covers the front projection range of the mirror surface of a side side mirror on the vehicle front side of the side side mirror concerning 3rd Embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is this embodiment. It is the figure which faced the windbreak structure part concerning to from the outer side of a vehicle, (b) is a schematic diagram of the side cross section showing the effect | action of this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle 10 Bonnet 11 Front fender 20 Front wheel 21 Rear wheel 30 Car compartment 31 Front window 32 Front door window 33 Rear door window 34 Front door 35 Rear door 36 Roof 37 Rear window 40 Upper rail 41 Front pillar 42 Center pillar 43 Rear pillar 44 Mirror Base 50 Door mirror 70 Driver 80 Inner mirror 83 Front side mirror 84 Side side mirror 85 Mirror housing 86 Turn marker 87 Illumination mechanism 90 Driver's seat 100 Side view mechanism 145 Rotating unit R Ray G Road surface ROT Rotating direction

Claims (8)

A front-side mirror mounted inside the vehicle front window;
A side mirror attached to the upper outer surface of the vehicle,
The side mirror is arranged on the upper rail on the side of the vehicle or on the sash of the front door or on the center pillar so as to reflect the light beam from the side of the vehicle toward the front mirror.
The vehicle side-viewing mechanism is characterized in that the front-side mirror is disposed so as to reflect the light beam from the side-side mirror in the direction of the driver's eye point.   The vehicle side-viewing mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the front-side mirror is attached to an inner mirror for rear-viewing. The side mirror is mounted on a mirror housing;
The mirror housing is attached to the vehicle via a mirror base,
The vehicle side-viewing mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein a turn marker is attached to a portion of the mirror housing that faces the outside of the vehicle.   The side-viewing mechanism for a vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a direction of a mirror surface of the side-side mirror is adjustable.   The vehicle side-viewing mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a direction of a mirror surface of the front-side mirror is adjustable.   The vehicle side-viewing mechanism according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein an illumination mechanism that illuminates the side of the vehicle is disposed in the mirror housing.   The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a windshield covering a front projection range of a mirror surface of the side mirror is provided on the vehicle front side of the side mirror. Side view mechanism.   8. The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a defogger directed to a door window inside the vehicle near a line connecting the front-side mirror and the side-side mirror. 9. The side visual recognition mechanism of the vehicle as described in 2.

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