AUTOMOBILE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING REARVIEW MIRROR

摘要

An automobile includes a rearview mirror, a motor electrically coupled to the rearview mirror, an image capturing unit configured to capture a number of images of a face of a driver in real time, a light detecting unit configured to detect light on the rearview mirror, a storage unit configured to store a preset value of light intensity, and a processing unit configured to execute an automatic adjusting system to adjust a position of the rearview mirror when one of a number of conditions is met. The number of conditions include a position of eyes of the driver changes, and light exceeding the preset value of intensity enters into the eyes of the driver.

主权项

1. A method for automatically adjusting a rearview mirror of an automobile, the method comprising steps of:
capturing, by an image capturing unit, a plurality of images of a driver's face in real time; detecting, by a light detecting unit, light on the rearview mirror; obtaining from each image, by a processing unit, a position of eyes of the driver; calculating from the light on the rearview mirror, by the processing unit, an incident angle of the light on the rearview mirror, an angle of reflection of the light from the rearview mirror, and an intensity of the light; comparing, by the processing unit, every two successive images of the driver's face, and determining whether the position of the eyes of the driver has changed; determining, by the processing unit, whether the intensity of the light is greater than a preset value; determining, by the processing unit and when the illuminance value of the light is greater than the preset value, and according to the angle of reflection of the light from the rearview mirror and the position of the eyes of the driver, whether the light reflected off of the rearview mirror enters into the eyes of the driver; and adjusting, by the processing unit, an angle of the rearview mirror when it is determined that either the position of the eyes of the driver has changed or that the light having an intensity greater than the preset value enters into the eyes of the driver.