Vehicle rear confirmation device

Abstract

A vehicle rear viewing device includes a rear under view mirror (10)provided to face an inner surface of a rear windshield (6)and capable of reflecting an area below and behind a vehicle to an occupant in an interior of the vehicle. A marker indicator (26) is to allow the occupant to view the area below and behind the vehicle through the rear under view mirror (10)to visually recognize a position of a rear end of a vehicle body. A rear wiper (20) is provided on a rear part of the vehicle body so as to face an outer surface of the rear windshield. The marker indicator is provided so as to be covered with at least a part of the rear wiper along a front rear direction of the vehicle in front of the rear wiper when the rear wiper is in an initial position.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a rearward confirmation device for mapping a vehicle under a rear portion of a vehicle body using a rear-view mirror. Background technique [0002] As a vehicle rear checking device, there is known a rear-view mirror that uses a rear-view mirror that maps a lower rear portion of a vehicle body to an occupant in a driver's seat (for example, refer to Patent Document 1). [0003] The rear confirmation device described in Patent Document 1 is designed such that the rear-view mirror is arranged on the front surface side (vehicle interior side) or the rear surface side (vehicle exterior side) of the rear windshield, and the reflector of the rear-view mirror Marks such as lines or triangles are provided for alignment with the rear of the vehicle body mapped on the mirror, and the driver who visually recognizes the rear can accurately align the marks on the mirror with the marks on the rear of the vehicle body on the mirror su...

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Problems solved by technology

[0005] However, the above-mentioned conventional rear checking device mainly can accurately grasp the positional relationship in the vehicle width direction by making the mark on the reflector coincide with the mark on the rear part of the vehicle body on the mirror surface. Requirements for the proximity of the rear end of the

[0006] As its countermeasure, the following method is also considered. Marking a mark display body such as a line or a dot on the rear end of the vehicle body, and visually recognizing the mark display body through the rear-view mirror, so that the position of the rear end portion of the vehicle body can be grasped. If the mark display body is directly marked on the rear end, the mark display body can be seen from the rear side of the vehicle body, resulting in a decrease in appearance seen from the outside

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