| 摘要 |
An opto-electronic alignment method and apparatus capable of being incorporated into driver and passenger side vehicle exterior sideview mirrors to assist the driver in adjusting the mirrors to minimize the presence of blind spots on the sides of the vehicle. The apparatus having a led (40) fixed in a mirror housing (22) and aimed at the particular vehicle blind spot (30) but is reflected at an angle through a selectively light transmissive mirror region (21) toward the vehicle interior. The sideview mirror alignment is accomplished by the driver using conventional mirror adjustment control assembly (50). When the driver sees the beam of light, the sideview mirror is oriented correctly to reflect objects in the blind spot to the driver's eyes. Positional coordinates of the mirror adjustment may be used to derive the driver's eye position and/or to adjust the passenger's sideview mirror.
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