Author: claimsbot

1. A method for forming a plurality of non-contiguous features on a receiver element, the method comprising:
operating a first multi-channel imaging head to direct imaging beams along a scan path to transfer a first non-contiguous feature and a second non-contiguous feature from a donor element to the receiver element by a thermal transfer process wherein the first and second non-contiguous features are spatially separated from one another at least in a sub-scan direction; and
operating a second multi-channel imaging head to direct imaging beams to transfer a third non-contiguous feature from the donor element to the receiver element by the thermal transfer process, wherein the third non-contiguous feature is between the first and second non-contiguous features and is spatially separated from each of the first and second non-contiguous features at least in the sub-scan direction.
2. A method according to claim 1, comprising separating the donor element from the receiver element after transferring the first, second and third non-contiguous features from the donor element to the receiver element.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein transferring each of the first and second non-contiguous features to the receiver element comprises operating a plurality of contiguous channels of the first multi-channel imaging head, and transferring the third non-contiguous feature comprises operating a plurality of contiguous channels of the second multi-channel imaging head.
4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first, second and third non-contiguous features are features of a pattern comprising a plurality of non-contiguous features that are spatially separated from one another at least in the sub-scan direction.
5. A method according to claim 1, wherein each of the non-contiguous features comprises a stripe that is continuous in a direction of the scan path.
6. A method according to claim 1, wherein each of the non-contiguous features comprises a stripe that is interrupted in a direction of the scan path.
7. A method according to claim 5, wherein the stripe comprises chevron-shaped portions.
8. A method according to claim 5, wherein the stripe bends as it continues along the direction of the scan path.
9. A method according to claim 4, wherein the pattern of non-contiguous features is a repeating pattern.
10. A method according to claim 4, wherein the pattern comprises a first plurality of non-contiguous features and a second plurality of non-contiguous features, the method comprising:
operating the first multi-channel imaging head to transfer the first plurality of non-contiguous features from the donor element to the receiver element; and

operating the second multi-channel imaging head to transfer the second plurality of non-contiguous features from the donor element to the receiver element; wherein each feature of the second plurality of non-contiguous features is not interleaved with the features of the first plurality of non-contiguous features.
11. A method according to claim 10, comprising transferring the first plurality of non-contiguous features to the receiver element during a plurality of scans.
12. A method according to claim 10, comprising dividing the first plurality of non-contiguous features into a first plurality of interleaved sets, each set of the first plurality of interleaved sets comprising a subset of the first plurality of non-contiguous features; and
transferring each set of the first plurality of interleaved sets to the receiver element in a corresponding separate one of a plurality of scans of the first multi-channel imaging head.
13. A method according to claim 12, comprising dividing the second plurality of non-contiguous features into a second plurality of interleaved sets, each set of the second plurality of interleaved sets comprising a subset of the second plurality of non-contiguous features; and
transferring each set of the second plurality of interleaved sets to the receiver element in a corresponding separate one of a plurality of scans of the second multi-channel imaging head.
14. A method according to claim 12, comprising separately transferring each set of the first plurality of interleaved sets to the receiver element to completely transfer the first plurality of the non-contiguous features to the receiver element.
15. A method according to claim 4, comprising transferring two or more sets of the non-contiguous features of the pattern of non-contiguous features, each set comprising two or more of the non-contiguous features of the pattern, wherein some non-contiguous features in a first set of the two or more sets are interleaved with some non-contiguous features in an additional set of the two or more sets.
16. A method according to claim 15, comprising separately transferring each set of the non-contiguous features to the receiver element to completely transfer the pattern of the non-contiguous features to the receiver element.
17. A method according to claim 15, comprising operating the first multi-channel imaging head to transfer the first set of the non-contiguous features to the receiver element and operating the second multi-channel imaging head to transfer the additional set of the non-contiguous features to the receiver element.
18. A method according to claim 15, comprising randomly assigning the non-contiguous features to at least one of the two or more sets.
19. A method according to claim 15, comprising assigning the features to each set of the two or more sets according to a predetermined arrangement.
20. A method according to claim 17, wherein a minimum spacing between features in each of the two or more sets is greater than the minimum spacing between the features in the pattern.
21. A method according to claim 17, wherein the first set comprises a plurality of groups of one or more of the non-contiguous features, wherein each group is separated from each other group by varying numbers of non-contiguous features of the additional set.
22. A method according to claim 17, wherein the first set comprises a plurality of groups of one or more of the non-contiguous features, wherein a minimum spacing between each group is greater than the minimum spacing between the features in the pattern.
23. A method according to claim 17, wherein the first set comprises a plurality of groups of one or more of the non-contiguous features, wherein each group is separated from each other group by varying distances.
24. A method according to claim 17, wherein the first set comprises a first plurality of groups of one or more of the non-contiguous features arranged along a first direction, and the spacing between adjacent groups of the first plurality of groups increases in the first direction.
25. A method according to claim 24, wherein the first direction is the sub-scan direction.
26. A method according to claim 24, wherein the additional set comprises a second plurality of groups of one or more of the non-contiguous features arranged along the first direction, and the spacing between adjacent groups of the second plurality of groups decreases in the first direction.
27. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first, second and third non-contiguous features are features of a regular pattern of non-contiguous features.
28. A method according to claim 1, comprising operating the first multi-channel imaging head to direct imaging beams to transfer a fourth non-contiguous feature from the donor element to the receiver element, wherein the fourth non-contiguous feature is separated from the first non-contiguous feature in a direction along the scan path.
29. A method according to claim 28, comprising operating the second multi-channel imaging head to direct imaging beams to transfer a fifth non-contiguous feature from the donor element to the receiver element, wherein the fifth non-contiguous feature is between the first and fourth non-contiguous features.
30. A method according to claim 29, wherein the fifth non-contiguous feature is separated from at least one of the first and forth non-contiguous features in the direction along the scan path.
31. A method according to claim 29, wherein the first, forth and fifth non-contiguous features are aligned with one another in the direction along the scan path.
32. A method according to claim 29, wherein the first, forth and fifth non-contiguous features form portions of a stripe that is continuous in the direction along the scan path.
33. A method according to claim 29, wherein the first, second, third, forth and fifth non-contiguous features are features of a pattern of comprising a plurality of non-contiguous features, wherein each non-contiguous feature is transferred to a cell of a matrix formed on the receiver element.
34. A method according to claim 29, wherein the first, second, third forth and fifth non-contiguous features are features of a pattern comprising a plurality of non-contiguous features, wherein each non-contiguous feature is separated from other non-contiguous features by a portion of a matrix formed on the receiver element.
35. A method according to claim 29, wherein the first, second, third, forth and fifth non-contiguous features are features of a pattern comprising a plurality of non-contiguous features, the method comprising transferring two or more sets of the non-contiguous features from the pattern of non-contiguous features, each set comprising one or more of the non-contiguous features, wherein each non-contiguous feature in a first set of the two or more sets is interleaved with the non-contiguous features in an additional set of the two or more sets.
36. A method according to claim 35, wherein some non-contiguous features in the first set of the two or more sets are interleaved with the non-contiguous features in the additional set of the two or more sets in the direction along the scan path and the sub-scan direction.
37. A method according to claim 35, comprising randomly assigning the non-contiguous features to each of the two or more sets in at least one of the direction along the scan path and the sub-scan direction.
38. A method according to claim 35, comprising assigning the non-contiguous features to each of the two or more sets according to a predetermined arrangement in at least one of the direction along the scan path and the sub-scan direction.
39. A method according to claim 4, wherein the pattern of non-contiguous features comprises a two dimensional pattern of non-contiguous features.
40. A method according to claim 4, wherein the pattern of non-contiguous features forms a portion of a pattern of island features.
41. A method according to claim 4, wherein the pattern of non-contiguous features comprises a pattern of color features.
42. A method according to claim 41, wherein the pattern of color features forms a portion of a color filter.
43. A method according to claim 41, wherein the pattern of color features forms a pattern of colored illumination sources.
44. A method according to claim 43, wherein the colored illumination sources comprise an OLED material.
45. A method according to claim 42, wherein the color filter includes a plurality of patterns of color features, each pattern of color features corresponding to a given color, the method comprising imaging each of the patterns separately.
46. A method according to claim 4, wherein the pattern of non-contiguous features comprises elements of a lab-on-a-chip device.
47. A method according to claim 1, wherein the thermal transfer process comprises a laser-induced dye-transfer process.
48. A method according claim 1, wherein the thermal transfer process comprises a laser-induced mass transfer process.
49. A method according to claim 1, wherein the thermal transfer process comprises transferring a colorant from the donor element to the receiver element.
50. A method according to claim 1, wherein the thermal transfer process comprises transferring a colorant and a binder from the donor element to the receiver element.
51. A method according to claim 1, wherein each of the non-contiguous features is screened with at least one of a halftone screen and stochastic screen.
52. A method according to claim 1, comprising transferring each of the first and second non-contiguous features from the donor element to the receiver element during a first scan, the first scan comprising advancing the first multi-channel imaging head relative to the receiver element in a scan direction, and transferring the third non-contiguous feature from the donor element to the receiver element during a second scan, wherein the second scan comprises advancing the second multi-channel imaging head relative to the receiver element in a direction parallel to the scan direction.
53. A method according to claim 1, comprising transferring each of the first and second non-contiguous features from the donor element to the receiver element during a first scan, the first scan comprising advancing the first multi-channel imaging head relative to the receiver element in a scan direction, and transferring the third non-contiguous feature from the donor element to the receiver element during a second scan, wherein the second scan comprises advancing the second multi-channel imaging head relative to the receiver element in a direction opposite to the scan direction.
54. A method according to claim 1, comprising transferring the first non-contiguous feature from the donor element to the receiver element during a first scan, the first scan comprising advancing the first multi-channel imaging head relative to the receiver element in a scan direction, and transferring the second non-contiguous feature from the donor element to the receiver element during a second scan, wherein the second scan comprises advancing the first multi-channel imaging head relative to the receiver element in a direction parallel to the scan direction.
55. A method according to claim 1, comprising transferring each of the first and second non-contiguous features from the donor element to the receiver element during a plurality of scans wherein the first multi-channel imaging head is advanced relative to the receiver element in one or more directions during the plurality of scans, and while transferring the third non-contiguous feature from the donor element to the receiver element advancing the second multi-channel imaging head relative to the receiver element in a direction that is opposite to one of the one or more directions.
56. A method according to claim 40, wherein the repeating pattern of island features comprises a first plurality of features of a first color, each feature of the first plurality of features separated from each other feature of the first color by a feature of a different color.
57. A method according to claim 40, wherein the pattern of island features comprises a first plurality of features of a first color, some features of the first plurality of features separated from some other features of the first color by a feature of a different color in a first direction.
58. A method according to claim 57, wherein the first direction is parallel to the scan path.
59. A method according to claim 40, wherein the pattern of island features comprises a first plurality of features of a first color, some features of the first plurality of features separated from some other feature of the first color by a feature of a color other than the first color in a first direction and a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
60. A program product carrying a set of computer-readable signals comprising instructions which, when executed by a controller, cause the controller to:
operate a first multi-channel imaging head to direct imaging beams along a scan path to transfer a first non-contiguous feature and a second non-contiguous feature from a donor element to the receiver element by a thermal transfer process wherein the first and second non-contiguous features are spatially separated from one another at least in a sub-scan direction; and operate a second multi-channel imaging head to direct imaging beams to transfer a third non-contiguous feature from the donor element to the receiver element by the thermal transfer process, wherein the third non-contiguous feature is between the first and second non-contiguous features and is spatially separated from each of the first and second non-contiguous features at least in the sub-scan direction.
61. A method for forming a plurality of non-contiguous features on a receiver element, the method comprising:
advancing a first multi-channel imaging head relative to the receiver element along a path;

operating the first multi-channel imaging head to transfer a first non-contiguous feature and a second non-contiguous feature from a donor element to the receiver element by a thermal transfer process wherein the first and second non-contiguous features are spatially separated from one another at least in a direction transverse to the path; and
operating a second multi-channel imaging head to transfer a third non-contiguous feature from the donor element to the receiver element by the thermal transfer process, wherein the third non-contiguous feature is between the first and second non-contiguous features and is spatially separated from each of the first and second non-contiguous features at least in the direction transverse to the path.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for enhanced tuning of search engine parameters to obtain at least one optimal search result, comprising:
receiving a search parameter at a search engine equipped with a plurality of tunable knobs set at an initial setting;
generating a search result for the search parameter based on the received search parameter and the initial setting of the plurality of tunable knobs, the search result including a plurality of result objects, each of the plurality of tunable knobs associated with a weighting factor;
associating a relevancy score for each of the plurality of result objects generated by the search engine, the relevancy score associated with a tunable knob setting;
presenting the result objects from the search result;
identifying one or more of the presented result objects not selected over time, the non-selection of the result objects identifying the associated tunable knob settings;
dynamically adjusting the relevancy score of the identified one or more result objects not selected over time;
tuning the plurality of tunable knobs using one or more search algorithms to obtain an optimal search result, the tuning allowing adjustment of the tunable knobs based on the adjusted relevancy score and the non-selected result objects over time, wherein the relevancy score and the non-selected result objects identify the one or more tunable knob settings to be adjusted for obtaining an optimal search result; and
further dynamically adjusting the previously dynamically adjusted one or more result objects not selected.
2. The method for enhanced tuning of search engine parameters to obtain optimal search result of claim 1, wherein generating the search result further including:
generating a first search result for the search parameter based on the received search parameter and the initial setting of the plurality of tunable knobs, the first search result having a plurality of first search result objects; and
generating a second search result for the search parameter based on the received search parameter and using a second setting of the plurality of tunable knobs, the second setting of the plurality of tunable knobs obtained by adjusting one or more of the plurality of tunable knobs, the second search result having a plurality of second search result objects.
3. The method for enhanced tuning of search engine parameters to obtain optimal search result of claim 2, wherein presenting the search result further comprising:
interleaving the objects from the first search result with the objects from the second search result to generate the search result; and
presenting the search result.
4. The method for enhanced tuning of search engine parameters to obtain optimal search result of claim 3, wherein the objects from the first search result and the second search result are interleaved randomly.
5. The method for enhanced tuning of search engine parameters to obtain optimal search result of claim 3, wherein the search result is an indexed set of result objects.
6. The method for enhanced tuning of search engine parameters to obtain optimal search result of claim 1, wherein presenting the search result is based on the adjusted relevancy score of each of the result objects and the weighting factor associated with each of the tunable knobs such that the most significant result objects are presented at the top of the search result.
7. The method for enhanced tuning of search engine parameters to obtain optimal search result of claim 1, wherein dynamically adjusting the relevancy score further comprising penalizing non-selected result objects using a pre-set value.
8. The method for enhanced tuning of search engine parameters to obtain optimal search result of claim 7, wherein penalizing non-selected result objects is defined by one or more criteria.
9. The method for enhanced tuning of search engine parameters to obtain optimal search result of claim 1, wherein the relevancy score associated with each search object is maintained in a database available to the search engine.
10. The method for enhanced tuning of search engine parameters to obtain optimal search result of claim 1, wherein tuning the plurality of tunable knobs is by choosing one tunable knob at a time and adjusting the knob to obtain a more optimal search result.
11. The method for enhanced tuning of search engine parameters to obtain optimal search result of claim 1, wherein tuning the plurality of tunable knobs is by choosing a plurality of tunable knobs at a time and adjusting the plurality of tunable knobs to obtain a more optimal search result.
12. The method for enhanced tuning of search engine parameters of claim 1, wherein tuning the plurality of tunable knobs is to identify at least a local maxima and at least a global maxima using one or more search algorithms.
13. The method for enhanced tuning of search engine parameters of claim 12, wherein tuning the plurality of tunable knobs is to identify the global maxima, the global maxima determining the optimal setting of the tunable knobs for arriving at an optimal search result.
14. A method of assigning a relevancy score to a plurality of result objects to obtain an optimal search result, the method comprising:
receiving a search parameter at a search engine;
generating a search result for the search parameter based on the received search parameter, the search result including a plurality of result objects, wherein at least one result object of the plurality of result objects comprises a link;
associating a relevancy score for each of the plurality of result objects generated by the search engine;
presenting the result objects from the search result as a list of the result objects on at least one page;
identifying one or more of the presented result objects not selected over time;
dynamically adjusting the relevancy score of the identified one or more result objects not selected over time based on a position of the one or more result objects not selected on the at least one page; and
using the adjusted relevancy score of the one or more result objects not selected to obtain the optimal search result, wherein the dynamically adjusting comprises adjusting any result objects not selected that are situated above a selected result object on the at least one page more than any result objects not selected that are situated below the selected result object on the at least one page.
15. A method of assigning a relevancy score to a plurality of result objects to obtain an optimal search result, the method comprising:
receiving a search parameter at a search engine;
generating a search result for the search parameter based on the received search parameter, the search result including a plurality of result objects, wherein at least one result object of the plurality of result objects comprises a link;
associating a relevancy score for each of the plurality of result objects generated by the search engine;
presenting the result objects from the search result as a list of the result objects on at least one page;
identifying one or more of the presented result objects not selected over time;
dynamically adjusting the relevancy score of the identified one or more result objects not selected over time based on a position of the one or more result objects not selected on the at least one page; and
using the adjusted relevancy score of the one or more result objects not selected to obtain the optimal search result, wherein the dynamically adjusting comprises adjusting any result objects not selected that can be viewed on the at least one page without scrolling the at least one page more than any result objects not selected that can be viewed on the at least one page only after scrolling the at least one page.

1. A composition comprising a crystalline form of L-ornithine phenyl acetate.
2. The composition of claim 1, wherein said crystalline form exhibits an X-ray powder diffraction pattern comprising at least one characteristic peak, wherein said characteristic peak is selected from the group consisting of approximately 6.0\xb0, 13.9\xb0, 14.8\xb0, 17.1\xb0, 17.8\xb0 and 24.1\xb0 2\u03b8.
3. The composition of claim 2, wherein said crystalline form exhibits an X-ray powder diffraction pattern comprising at least three characteristic peaks, wherein said characteristic peaks are selected from the group consisting of approximately 6.0\xb0, 13.9\xb0, 14.8\xb0, 17.1\xb0, 17.8\xb0 and 24.1\xb0 2\u03b8.
4. The composition of claim 2, wherein said crystalline form has a melting point of about 202\xb0 C.
5. The composition claim 1, wherein said crystalline form exhibits a single crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis with crystal parameters approximately equal to the following:
unit cell dimensions: a=6.594(2) \u212b, b=6.5448(18) \u212b, c=31.632(8) \u212b, \u03b1=90\xb0, \u03b2=91.12(3)\xb0, \u03b3=90\xb0;
Crystal System: Monoclinic; and
Space Group: P21.
6. The composition of claim 5, wherein the said crystalline form is represented by the formula C5H13N2O2C8H7O2.
7. The composition of claim 1, wherein said crystalline form exhibits an X-ray powder diffraction pattern comprising at least one characteristic peak, wherein said characteristic peak is selected from the group consisting of approximately 4.9\xb0, 13.2\xb0, 17.4\xb0, 20.8\xb0 and 24.4\xb0 2\u03b8.
8. The composition of claim 7, wherein said crystalline form exhibits an X-ray powder diffraction pattern comprising at least three characteristic peaks, wherein said characteristic peaks are selected from the group consisting of approximately 4.9\xb0, 13.2\xb0, 17.4\xb0, 20.8\xb0 and 24.4\xb0 2\u03b8.
9. The composition of claim 7, wherein said crystalline form comprises water andor ethanol molecules.
10. The composition of claim 9, wherein said crystalline form comprises about 11% by weight of said molecules as determined by thermogravimetric analysis.
11. The composition of claim 7, wherein said crystalline form is characterized by differential scanning calorimetry as comprising an endotherm at about 35\xb0 C.
12. The composition of claims 1, wherein said crystalline form exhibits a single crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis with crystal parameters approximately equal to the following:
unit cell dimensions: a=5.3652(4) \u212b, b=7.7136(6) \u212b, c=20.9602(18) \u212b, \u03b1=90\xb0, \u03b2=94.986(6)\xb0, \u03b3=90\xb0;
Crystal System: Monoclinic; and
Space Group: P21.
13. The composition of any one of claims 12, wherein the said crystalline form is represented by the formula C5H13N2O2C8H7O2EtOH.H2O.
14. The composition of claim 1, wherein said crystalline form exhibits an X-ray powder diffraction pattern comprising at least one characteristic peak, wherein said characteristic peak is selected from the group consisting of approximately 5.8\xb0, 14.1\xb0, 18.6\xb0, 19.4\xb0, 22.3\xb0 and 24.8\xb0 2\u03b8.
15. The composition of claim 14, wherein said crystalline form exhibits an X-ray powder diffraction pattern comprising at least three characteristic peaks, wherein said characteristic peaks are selected from the group consisting of approximately 5.8\xb0, 14.1\xb0, 18.6\xb0, 19.4\xb0, 22.3\xb0 and 24.8\xb0 2\u03b8.
16. The composition of claim 14, wherein said crystalline form is characterized by differential scanning calorimetry as comprising an endotherm at about 40\xb0 C.
17. The composition of claim 1, wherein said crystalline form exhibits an X-ray powder diffraction pattern comprising characteristic peaks at approximately 13.7\xb0, 17.4\xb0, 19.8\xb0, 20.6\xb0 and 23.7\xb0 2\u03b8.
18. The composition of claim 1, comprising:
at least about 50% by weight of said crystalline form of L-ornithine phenyl acetate salt; and
at least about 0.01% by weight benzoic acid or a salt thereof.
19. A process for making L-ornithine phenyl acetate salt comprising:
intermixing an L-ornithine salt, a benzoate salt and a solvent to form an intermediate solution;
intermixing phenyl acetate with said intermediate solution; and
isolating a composition comprising at least 70% crystalline L-ornithine phenyl acetate by weight.
20. The process of any one of claims 19, wherein the benzoate salt is silver benzoate.
21. A process for making L-ornithine phenyl acetate salt comprising:
increasing the pH value of a solution comprising an L-ornithine salt at least until an intermediate salt precipitates, wherein said intermediate salt is not an L-ornithine salt;
isolating the intermediate salt from said solution;
intermixing phenyl acetic acid with said solution; and
isolating L-ornithine phenyl acetate salt from said solution.
22. The process of claim 21, wherein increasing the pH value comprises adding a pH modifier selected from the group consisting of sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium methoxide, potassium t-butoxide, sodium carbonate, calcium carbonate, dibutylamine, tryptamine, sodium hydride, calcium hydride, butyllithium, ethylmagnesium bromide or combinations thereof.
23. A process for making L-ornithine phenyl acetate salt comprising:
intermixing an L-ornithine salt, silver phenyl acetate and a solvent to form a solution, wherein the L-ornithine salt is in a halide salt; and
isolating L-ornithine phenyl acetate from said solution.
24. A method of treating or ameliorating hyperammonemia in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a crystalline form of L-ornithine phenyl acetate salt.
25. A method of treating or ameliorating hyperammonemia comprising intravenously administering a therapeutically effective amount of a solution comprising L-ornithine phenyl acetate, wherein said therapeutically effective amount comprises no more than 500 mL of said solution.
26. A method of compressing L-ornithine phenyl acetate, the method comprising applying pressure to a metastable form of L-ornithine phenyl acetate to induce a phase change.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A mirror reflective element assembly for an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle, said mirror reflective element assembly comprising:
a principal mirror element, said principal mirror element comprising a glass substrate and a first reflector coating disposed at a surface of said glass substrate to establish a principal reflector portion of said mirror reflective element assembly;
a wide angle mirror element, said wide angle mirror element comprising a glass element having a second reflector coating disposed at a surface of said glass element to establish an auxiliary reflector portion of said mirror reflective element assembly;
an illumination element comprising an illumination source, wherein said illumination element at least partially circumscribes said glass element of said wide angle mirror element;
wherein said illumination element, when said illumination source is activated, emits illumination at least partially around said glass element that is viewable by a person viewing an exterior rearview mirror assembly equipped with said mirror reflective element assembly when the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is disposed at a side of a vehicle equipped with the exterior rearview mirror assembly;
wherein said wide angle mirror element is disposed at an upper outboard portion of said mirror reflective element assembly when the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is disposed at the side of the equipped vehicle; and
wherein at least one of (i) said illumination element, responsive to determination that an ambient light level is below a threshold level, is operable to provide a light level that is less than about 100 candelas per square meter, and (ii) said illumination element, responsive to determination that an ambient light level is above a threshold level, is operable to provide a light level that is greater than about 200 candelas per square meter.
2. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 1, comprising a back plate, wherein said principal mirror element is attached at said back plate.
3. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 2, wherein said back plate comprises a receiving portion generally at said auxiliary reflector portion of said reflective element assembly, and wherein said receiving portion is configured to at least partially receive said wide angle mirror element.
4. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 3, comprising a cover plate attached to said receiving portion, said cover plate substantially encasing said wide angle mirror element within said receiving portion.
5. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 1, wherein said wide angle mirror element is disposed to the rear of a portion of said glass substrate of said principal mirror element, and wherein said illumination element is disposed to the rear of said glass substrate, and wherein, when said illumination source is activated, said illumination element emits illumination at least partially around said glass element that is viewable through said glass substrate by a person viewing the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly when the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is disposed at the side of the equipped vehicle.
6. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 5, wherein said first reflector coating is disposed at a front surface of said glass substrate and wherein a window is established at said first reflector coating, said window corresponding to a location of said wide angle mirror element and said illumination element.
7. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 5, wherein said auxiliary reflector portion is devoid of said first reflector coating.
8. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 5, wherein said glass element of said wide angle mirror element is adhered at a rear surface of said glass substrate via an optical adhesive, and wherein said optical adhesive has an index of refraction that is substantially similar to a refractive index of said glass substrate.
9. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 1, wherein said first reflector coating comprises a different material than said second reflector coating.
10. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 9, wherein said first reflector coating has a different tint than said second reflector coating.
11. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 1, wherein, responsive to determination that an ambient light level is below a threshold level, said illumination element is operable to provide a light level that is less than about 100 candelas per square meter.
12. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 1, wherein, responsive to determination that an ambient light level is above a threshold level, said illumination element is operable to provide a light level that is greater than about 200 candelas per square meter.
13. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 1, wherein said illumination source of said illumination element is activated responsive to an object detection system of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said illumination element is activated responsive, at least in part, to said object detection system detecting an object present at or near the side of the equipped vehicle at which the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is mounted.
14. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 1, wherein said illumination element is activated responsive to a turn signal indicator of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said illumination element is activated responsive, at least in part, to activation of a turn signal indicator at the side of the equipped vehicle at which the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is mounted.
15. A mirror reflective element assembly for an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle, said mirror reflective element assembly comprising:
a principal mirror element, said principal mirror element comprising a glass substrate and a first reflector coating disposed at a surface of said glass substrate to establish a principal reflector portion of said mirror reflective element assembly;
a wide angle mirror element, said wide angle mirror element comprising a glass element having a second reflector coating disposed at a surface of said glass element to establish an auxiliary reflector portion of said mirror reflective element assembly;
an illumination element comprising an illumination source, wherein said illumination element at least partially circumscribes said glass element of said wide angle mirror element;
wherein said illumination source comprises at least one light emitting diode;
wherein said illumination element, when said illumination source is activated, emits illumination at least partially around said glass element that is viewable by a person viewing an exterior rearview mirror assembly equipped with said mirror reflective element assembly when the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is disposed at a side of a vehicle equipped with the exterior rearview mirror assembly;
wherein said wide angle mirror element is disposed at an upper outboard portion of said mirror reflective element assembly when the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is disposed at the side of the equipped vehicle;
wherein at least one of (i) said illumination element, responsive to determination that an ambient light level is below a threshold level, is operable to provide a light level that is less than about 100 candelas per square meter, and (ii) said illumination element, responsive to determination that an ambient light level is above a threshold level, is operable to provide a light level that is greater than about 200 candelas per square meter; and
wherein at least one of (a) said illumination source of said illumination element is activated responsive to an object detection system of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said illumination element is activated responsive, at least in part, to said object detection system detecting an object present at or near the side of the equipped vehicle at which the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is mounted, and (b) said illumination element is activated responsive to a turn signal indicator of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said illumination element is activated responsive, at least in part, to activation of a turn signal indicator at the side of the equipped vehicle at which the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is mounted.
16. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 15, comprising a back plate, wherein said principal mirror element is attached at said back plate, and wherein said back plate comprises a receiving portion generally at said auxiliary reflector portion of said reflective element assembly, and wherein said receiving portion is configured to at least partially receive said wide angle mirror element.
17. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 15, wherein said first reflector coating comprises a different material than said second reflector coating.
18. A mirror reflective element assembly for an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle, said mirror reflective element assembly comprising:
a principal mirror element, said principal mirror element comprising a glass substrate and a first reflector coating disposed at a surface of said glass substrate to establish a principal reflector portion of said mirror reflective element assembly;
a wide angle mirror element, said wide angle mirror element comprising a glass element having a second reflector coating disposed at a surface of said glass element to establish an auxiliary reflector portion of said mirror reflective element assembly;
a back plate, wherein said principal mirror element and said wide angle mirror element are disposed at said back plate;
an illumination element comprising an illumination source, wherein said illumination element at least partially circumscribes said glass element of said wide angle mirror element;
wherein said illumination element, when said illumination source is activated, emits illumination at least partially around said glass element that is viewable by a person viewing an exterior rearview mirror assembly equipped with said mirror reflective element assembly when the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is disposed at a side of a vehicle equipped with the exterior rearview mirror assembly;
wherein said wide angle mirror element is disposed at an upper outboard portion of said mirror reflective element assembly when the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is disposed at the side of the equipped vehicle; and
wherein (i) said illumination element, responsive to determination that an ambient light level is below a threshold level, is operable to provide a light level that is less than about 100 candelas per square meter, and (ii) said illumination element, responsive to determination that an ambient light level is above a threshold level, is operable to provide a light level that is greater than about 200 candelas per square meter.
19. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 18, wherein said principal mirror element is attached at said back plate, and wherein said back plate comprises a receiving portion generally at said auxiliary reflector portion of said reflective element assembly, and wherein said receiving portion is configured to at least partially receive said wide angle mirror element.
20. The mirror reflective element assembly of claim 18, wherein at least one of (a) said illumination source of said illumination element is activated responsive to an object detection system of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said illumination element is activated responsive, at least in part, to said object detection system detecting an object present at or near the side of the equipped vehicle at which the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is mounted, and (b) said illumination element is activated responsive to a turn signal indicator of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said illumination element is activated responsive, at least in part, to activation of a turn signal indicator at the side of the equipped vehicle at which the equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is mounted.