Author: claimsbot

1. The process of functionalizing an ophthalmic lens by a conforming apparatus for conforming a functionalized flexible planar film onto an ophthalmic lens, wherein the flexible planar film includes a layered structure having a circular-polarizing layer efficient for at least one wavelength of visible light, the conforming apparatus including:
a module comprising a mechanical piston and a plate mounted above said mechanical piston;
said piston being capable of presenting a vertical translational movement along the axis (y), within said module;
a mechanical anti-return device for said piston capable of blocking the plate at a determined height on the inside of the module;
a lens-holder positioned on the top face of the plate, comprising a holding device for an ophthalmic lens;
a film carrier capable of holding a flat flexible film, said film carrier comprising a holding device making it possible to position and locking said film carrier on the module at its upper end, the locking involving the hermetic closure of said module;
a stamp situated vertical to the module; and
electrical, pneumatic or mechanical translation devices connecting said stamp to a support shaft, said devices being capable of effecting controlled vertical andor horizontal movements of the stamp; wherein
actuation of the stamp, the piston, the translation devices, according to a predetermined sequence and governed by an automatic device makes it possible to establish the contact between the stamp, the flexible planar film and the ophthalmic lens until obtaining a conformal contact between said ophthalmic lens and said film, and
wherein said process comprises the following steps:
a) contact with the stamp and the planar film under the action of the translation devices and preforming of said film by the application of a mechanical force up to a threshold P1 or a position threshold Z1 controlled by a force sensor andor position sensor, wherein the force threshold P1 is between 1N and 200N;
b) activation of the piston in the module involving an ascending vertical translational movement at a speed of VO of the ophthalmic lens up to initiation of the contact between the preformed film and said lens;
c) maintenance of the ascending vertical translation of the ophthalmic lens by the action of the piston until attaining the target force threshold P2 or the position threshold Z2 controlled by the force sensor andor the position sensor involving the propagation and establishment of the conformal contact between the face of the lens to be treated and the film;
d) maintenance of the lensfilm conformal contact during a temporization time t2;
e) ascending vertical translation of the stamp at a speed V2;
f) interruption of the pressure applied to the piston; and
g) opening of the module.
2. Process according to claim 1, wherein the layered structure including the circular-polarizing layer is suitable for permitting the lens to be capable of filtering a light based on a circular polarization of said light.
3. A pair of spectacles comprising a frame and two lenses obtained by implementing a process according to claim 2, wherein each lens of the pair of lenses is capable of transmitting light with an initial circular polarization opposed to that of the other lens of the pair of lenses.
4. A pair of spectacles according to claim 3, suitable for TV watching with stereoscopic vision with image selection based on circular light-polarization.
5. The process according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises an adapter base comprising:
module fixation device at its lower end,
mechanical device making possible a horizontal translation (along the x axis) of said module on said adapter base said adaptor base being connected to a position sensor capable of controlling the relative position along the axis (y) or the module relative to the stamp.
6. The process according to claim 1, wherein the electrical, pneumatic, or mechanical translation devices of the apparatus are under the control of a force sensor andor position sensor.
7. The process according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises in addition a vacuum device in the module used to eliminate air bubbles present at the filmlens interface.
8. The process according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises in addition a thermal or ultraviolet irradiation polymerization unit.
9. The process according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises in addition a removable unit for heating the film by convection andor by radiation, said unit being controlled by an automatic device capable of controlling the temperature and the distance applied between the film and the heating unit.
10. The process according to claim 9, wherein the removable heating unit of the apparatus adopts a configuration that makes it possible for it to encompass the stamp in its structure.
11. The process according to claim 1, wherein the flexible planar film comprises at least one functionality chosen from among a structural, optical, physical, and physiochemical functionality.
12. The process according to claim 11, wherein the film comprises at least one functionality chosen from among a function providing protection against photodegradation or photo-oxidation, a shock-absorbing function, an anti-scratch function, an anti-reflection function, a polarizing function, a color filtration function, a photochromic function, an anti-static function, a dirt repellant function, a function provided by a pixelized or microstructured structure.
13. The process according to claim 1, wherein the stamp of the apparatus has a hardness of between 30 Shore 00 and 75 Shore 00.
14. The process according to claim 13, wherein the stamp of the apparatus has a hardness of between 38 Shore 00 and 64 Shore 00.
15. The process according to claim 1, wherein the force threshold P1 is between 20 N and 100 N.
16. The process according to claim 1, wherein the temporization t2 is between 0 seconds and 20 seconds.
17. The process according to claim 16, wherein the temporization t2 is between 1 second and 8 seconds.
18. The process according to claim 1, wherein the speed VO of ascending vertical translation of the ophthalmic lens is between 0.5 and 100 mms.
19. The process according to claim 1, wherein the target force threshold P2 is between 20 N and 800 N.
20. The process according to claim 19, wherein the target force threshold P2 is between 50 N and 300 N.
21. The process according to claim 1, wherein the temporization t2 is between 0 seconds and 120 seconds.
22. The process according to claim 21, wherein the temporization t2 is between 1 second and 10 seconds.
23. The process according to claim 1, wherein the speed V2 of ascending vertical translation of the stamp is between 0.5 mms and 50 mms.
24. The process according to claim 23, wherein the speed V2 of the stamp is between 1 mms and 20 mms.
25. A process of functionalization by transfer of a functionalized flexible planar film onto an ophthalmic lens according to claim 1, characterized by the following steps:
a) positioning of the lens on the lens carrier on the inside of the module;
b) positioning of a flexible planar film comprising a structural, geometric, optical, physical andor physiochemical functionality in the film carrier, said functionality being situated on the inside face of the film;
c) positioning of the film carrier on the upper end of the module and closure of said module;
d) positioning of the stamp vertically above the module with alignment of their respective geometric centers under the control of mechanical devices contained in the adaptor connection of said module;
e) establishment of the conformal contact between the face of the lens to be treated and the film by attaining the target force P2 (or the position threshold Z2);
f) release of the stamp from the filmlens entity;
g) opening of the module;
h) peeling the film on the surface of the ophthalmic lens, said lens comprising the entirety of the geometric, structural, optical, physical andor physiochemical functionality present on the functionalized flexible planar film used in step a).
26. A process of functionalization by adhesion of a functionalized flexible planar film onto an ophthalmic lens according to claim 1, characterized by the following steps:
a) deposition of the adhesive substance on the inside face of the film andor on the face to be treated of the ophthalmic lens;
b) positioning of the lens on the lens carrier on the inside of the module;
c) positioning of the flexible planar film comprising the structural, optical, physical, andor physiochemical functionality in the film carrier, said functionality being situated on the inside face of the film andor the outside face of the film andor in the thickness of the film;
d) positioning of the film carrier on the upper end of the module and closure of said module;
e) positioning of the module vertically above the stamp under the control of mechanical devices contained in the adapter base of said module;
f) establishment of the conformal contact between the face of the lens to be treated and the film by attaining the target force P2 (or the position threshold Z2);
g) release of the stamp from the filmlens entity;
h) opening of the module.
27. The process of functionalization by adhesion according to claim 26, wherein the adhesive substance is a pressure-sensitive adhesive.
28. Process according to claim 26, wherein the circular-polarizing layer comprises a quater-wave retarding layer and a linear-polarizing layer, with a slow axis of said quater-wave retarding layer and a polarization axis of the linear-polarizing layer forming an angle comprised between 42 and 48 degrees, or between 132 and 138 degrees, and the layered structure being oriented so that light impinging onto the convex surface of the of the lens passes first through the quater-wave retarding layer and then the linear-polarizing layer.
29. Process according to claim 28, wherein the layered structure comprises the following layer sequence: protective filmlinear-polarizing layerprotective filmadhesive filmquater-wave retarding layer.
30. Process according to claim 26, wherein the protective films are derived from cellulose triacetate.
31. Process according to claim 26, wherein the protective films have a thickness in the range of 75 to 85 micrometers.
32. Process according to claim 26, wherein the linear-polarizing layer is PVA-derived.
33. Process according to claim 32, wherein the linear-polarizing layer has a thickness in the range of 25 to 50 micrometers.
34. Process according to claim 26, wherein the quater-wave retarding layer is derived from material selected from a set of materials including polycarbonate, cyclo-olefins polymers and co-polymers, norbornene, polyamide, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyethyleneterephtalate (PET), cellulose-triacetate (TAC) and cellulose acetate-butyrate (CAB).
35. Process according to claim 34, wherein the quater-wave retarding layer has a thickness in the range of 10 to 200 micrometers.
36. Process according to claim 35, wherein the quater-wave retarding layer comprises polycarbonate having a thickness in the range of 50 to 100 micrometers.

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 liquid storage and delivery system, comprising:
a reservoir configured to hold liquid, the reservoir having an uppermost edge;
a storage container having a main body with a hollow interior that is configured to hold a reserve volume of the liquid, the main body having an upper wall and a lower wall, the hollow interior disposed between the upper wall and the lower wall, the lower wall configured to support the storage container in an upright position;
a refill conduit in communication with the hollow interior of the storage container, the refill conduit having a first end that is in communication with an outside of the storage container and a second end that is in communication with the hollow interior, the second end of the refill conduit having an opening disposed adjacent and spaced apart from the lower wall of the storage container, the opening of the second end of the refill conduit disposed on a first plane that is arranged entirely beneath the uppermost edge of the reservoir;
an air conduit in communication with the hollow interior of the storage container and the reservoir, the air conduit having a first end that is in communication with the hollow interior and disposed adjacent the upper wall of the storage container, and a second end that is in communication with the reservoir, the second end of the air conduit disposed on a second plane that is arranged entirely beneath the uppermost edge of the reservoir; and
a liquid passage in communication with the hollow interior of the storage container and the reservoir, the liquid passage configured to deliver the liquid from the storage container to the reservoir, the liquid passage having a first end and a second end, the first end of the liquid passage open to the hollow interior of the storage container and the second end of the liquid passage open to the reservoir, the second end of the liquid passage terminating in the reservoir, the second end of the liquid passage disposed on a third plane that is arranged entirely beneath both the first plane and the uppermost edge of the reservoir.
2. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 1, wherein the liquid passage is defined by a siphon conduit having an apex disposed between the first end and the second end, the first end and the second end of the siphon conduit disposed beneath the apex.
3. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 2, wherein the first end of the siphon conduit is disposed adjacent the lower wall of the storage container.
4. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 3, wherein the siphon conduit is disposed through an exterior side wall of the storage container, and the second end of the siphon conduit is disposed in the reservoir.
5. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 3, wherein each of the air conduit and the siphon conduit are disposed through the refill conduit.
6. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 5, wherein the refill conduit forms a handle of the main body, and the handle is disposed outside of and adjacent to one side of the main body, and vertically arranged between the upper wall and the lower wall of the main body.
7. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 1, wherein the refill conduit is disposed entirely within the hollow interior of the main body and is in communication with an opening formed in the upper wall of the storage container, the opening permitting a filling and refilling of the storage container with the liquid.
8. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 1, wherein the air conduit is disposed entirely within the hollow interior of the main body and is in communication with a hole formed in one of the lower wall and a side wall of the storage container, the hole permitting the flow of air and the liquid from the reservoir out of or into the air conduit.
9. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 3, wherein the siphon conduit is disposed entirely within the hollow interior of the storage container, and the second end of the siphon conduit is in communication with a port formed in one of the lower wall and a side wall of the storage container, the port permitting the flow of liquid from the siphon conduit to the reservoir.
10. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 9, wherein the reservoir, the storage container, the refill conduit, the air conduit, and the siphon conduit are formed as a one-piece, unitary assembly.
11. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 1, wherein the liquid passage is a port formed in an outermost side wall of the storage container, the side wall arranged between and connecting the upper wall and the lower wall of the storage container, the port permitting the flow of liquid from the hollow interior of the storage container to the reservoir.
12. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 11, wherein the port is selectively sealed with a removable plug.
13. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 11, wherein the reservoir, the storage container, the refill conduit, and the air conduit are formed as a one-piece, unitary assembly.
14. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 1, wherein a distance from the lower wall of the storage container to the second end of the refill conduit is less than a height of the reservoir.
15. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 1, wherein reservoir is separate and spaced apart from the storage container.
16. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 1, wherein the air conduit is transparent and has a plurality of indicia configured to identify the reserve volume of the liquid in the storage container, a portion of the air conduit having the indicia disposed inside of the storage container.
17. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 1, wherein the main body of the storage container includes an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having the upper wall and the lower portion having the lower wall, the upper portion selectively sealed with the lower portion to define the hollow interior of the storage container, the refill conduit coupled to the upper portion and the air conduit coupled to the lower portion, and the reservoir is defined by a pan in which the lower portion of the main body of the storage container is disposed.
18. The liquid storage and delivery system of claim 1, further comprising at least one plant watering tube in communication with the reservoir and a planter for at least one plant, the at least one plant watering tube configured to deliver the liquid to the at least one plant.
19. A liquid storage and delivery system, comprising:
a reservoir configured to hold liquid, the reservoir having an uppermost edge;
a storage container having a main body with a hollow interior that is configured to hold a reserve volume of the liquid, the main body having an upper wall and a lower wall, the hollow interior disposed between the upper wall and the lower wall, the lower wall configured to support the storage container in an upright position;
a refill conduit in communication with the hollow interior of the storage container, the refill conduit having a first end that is in communication with an outside of the storage container and a second end that is in communication with the hollow interior, the second end of the refill conduit having an opening disposed adjacent and spaced apart from the lower wall of the storage container, the opening of the second end of the refill conduit disposed on a first plane that is arranged entirely beneath the uppermost edge of the reservoir, wherein the refill conduit is disposed within the hollow interior of the main body and is in communication with an opening formed in the upper wall of the storage container, the opening formed in the upper wall of the storage container permitting a filling and refilling of the storage container with the liquid;
an air conduit in communication with the hollow interior of the storage container and the reservoir, the air conduit having a first end that is in communication with the hollow interior and disposed adjacent the upper wall of the storage container, and a second end that is in communication with the reservoir, the second end of the air conduit disposed on a second plane that is arranged entirely beneath the uppermost edge of the reservoir, wherein the air conduit is disposed within the hollow interior of the main body and is in communication with a hole formed in a side wall of the storage container, the hole permitting the flow of air out of, and the liquid from the reservoir into, the air conduit; and
a liquid passage in communication with the hollow interior of the storage container and the reservoir, the liquid passage configured to deliver the liquid from the storage container to the reservoir, the liquid passage having a first end and a second end, the first end of the liquid passage open to the hollow interior of the storage container and the second end of the liquid passage open to the reservoir, the second end of the liquid passage terminating in the reservoir, the second end of the liquid passage disposed on a third plane that is arranged entirely beneath the first plane and the uppermost edge of the reservoir,
wherein the reservoir, the storage container, the refill conduit, and the air conduit are formed as a one-piece, unitary assembly.
20. A liquid storage and delivery system, comprising:
a reservoir configured to hold liquid, wherein the reservoir is defined by a pan having an uppermost edge;
a storage container having a main body with a hollow interior that is configured to hold a reserve volume of the liquid, the main body having an upper wall and a lower wall, the hollow interior disposed between the upper wall and the lower wall, the lower wall configured to support the storage container in an upright position, the main body of the storage container including an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having the upper wall and the lower portion having the lower wall, the upper portion selectively sealed with the lower portion to define the hollow interior of the storage container, the lower portion of the storage container disposed in the pan;
a refill conduit in communication with the hollow interior of the storage container, the refill conduit having a first end that is in communication with an outside of the storage container and a second end that is in communication with the hollow interior, the second end of the refill conduit having an opening disposed adjacent and spaced apart from the lower wall of the storage container, the opening of the second end of the refill conduit disposed on a first plane that is arranged entirely beneath the uppermost edge of the reservoir, wherein the refill conduit is disposed within the hollow interior of the main body and is in communication with an opening formed in the upper wall of the storage container, the opening formed in the upper wall of the storage container permitting a filling and refilling of the storage container with the liquid;
an air conduit in communication with the hollow interior of the storage container and the reservoir, the refill conduit coupled to the upper portion and the air conduit coupled to the lower portion, the air conduit having a first end that is in communication with the hollow interior and disposed adjacent the upper wall of the storage container, and a second end that is in communication with the reservoir, the second end of the air conduit disposed on a second plane that is arranged entirely beneath the uppermost edge of the reservoir, wherein the air conduit is disposed within the hollow interior of the main body and is in communication with a hole formed in the lower wall of the lower portion of the storage container, the hole permitting the flow of air out of, and the liquid from the reservoir into, the air conduit; and
a liquid passage in communication with the hollow interior of the storage container and the reservoir, the liquid passage configured to deliver the liquid from the storage container to the reservoir, the liquid passage having a first end and a second end, the first end of the liquid passage open to the hollow interior of the storage container and the second end of the liquid passage open to the reservoir, the second end of the liquid passage terminating in the reservoir, the second end of the liquid passage disposed on a third plane that is arranged entirely beneath the first plane and the uppermost edge of the reservoir.

1. A method of adjusting an automobile rearview mirror system having both a driver side exterior mirror and a passenger side exterior mirror, comprising the steps of:
receiving a mirror position input signal from a user-activated mirror position switch;
adjusting the position of the driver side exterior mirror using the input signal;
determining the horizontal angle of the adjusted driver side exterior mirror relative to a reference position;
determining a desired angle for the passenger side exterior mirror using the horizontal angle and distance data related to the position of an inboard edge of each of the exterior mirrors, the distance data comprising first and second distance data, with the first distance data being indicative of the distance along a lateral axis of the automobile between a driver position and the inboard edge of the driver side exterior mirror and the second distance data being indicative of the distance along the lateral axis between the driver position and the inboard edge of the passenger side exterior mirror; and
adjusting the position of the passenger side exterior mirror using the desired angle.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first distance is determined using the horizontal angle.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the driver side exterior mirror is adjustable by pivoting it about a center of rotation, and wherein the first distance is determined using:
(a) the distance along the lateral axis between the driver position and the center of rotation;
(b) the horizontal angle;
(c) a second angle formed between (i) a centerline of the driver side exterior mirror and (ii) an edge line that intersects the inboard edge of the driver side exterior mirror and meets the centerline at the center of rotation; and
(d) the distance from the center of rotation to the inboard edge of the driver side exterior mirror.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the passenger side exterior mirror is adjustable in two dimensions by pivoting it about a center of rotation, and wherein said step of determining a desired angle further comprises determining the desired angle using data related to the center of rotation of each of the exterior mirrors.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the desired angle \u03b2 is determined according to the equation:
\u03b2
=
1
2

\u2062
tan

–
1
\u2061

(
w
RH

–

t
RH
w
LH

–

t
LH
\u2062
tan
\u2062

\u2003

\u2062
2
\u2062
\u03b1

)
where:
\u03b1 is the horizontal angle;
wRH is the distance along the lateral axis between the driver position and the center of rotation of the passenger side exterior mirror;
wLH is the distance along the lateral axis between the driver position and the center of rotation of the driver side exterior mirror;
tRH is the distance between the center of rotation of the passenger side exterior mirror and the inboard edge of the passenger side exterior mirror; and
tLH is the distance between the center of rotation of the driver side exterior mirror and the inboard edge of the driver side exterior mirror.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein tRH is approximated using the value of tLH, and wherein tLH is determined using the equation tLH=\u03bdsin (\u03b1+\u03c4), where:
\u03c4 is the second angle; and
\u03bd is the distance from the center of rotation of the driver side exterior mirror to the inboard edge of the driver side exterior mirror.
7. The method of claim 4, wherein the desired angle \u03b2 is approximated according to the equation:
\u03b2
=
1
2

\u2062
tan

–
1
\u2061

(
w
RH

–

t
LH
w
LH

–

t
LH
\u2062
tan
\u2062

\u2003

\u2062
2
\u2062
\u03b1

)
where:
\u03b1 is the horizontal angle;
wRH is the distance along the lateral axis between the driver position and the center of rotation of the passenger side exterior mirror;
wLH is the distance along the lateral axis between the driver position and the center of rotation of the passenger side exterior mirror; and
tLH is the distance between the center of rotation of the driver side exterior mirror and the inboard edge of the driver side exterior mirror.
8. The method of claim 2, wherein the second distance is approximated using data related to both the driver side and passenger side exterior mirrors.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the driver side and passenger side exterior mirrors are each adjustable in two dimensions by pivoting them about a center of rotation, and wherein said step of determining a desired angle further comprises determining the desired angle using data related to the center of rotation of each of the exterior mirrors.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of determining a vertical angle of the adjusted driver side exterior mirror relative to a reference position, and adjusting the passenger side exterior mirror to the same vertical angle.
11. A method of adjusting an automobile rearview mirror system having both a driver side exterior mirror and a passenger side exterior mirror, comprising the steps of:
receiving a mirror position input signal from a user-activated mirror position switch;
adjusting the position of the driver side exterior mirror in accordance with the input signal using a driver side mirror controller;
obtaining feedback position data related to the position of the driver side exterior mirror using one or more position sensors;
generating a passenger side control signal using the feedback position data and distance data, the distance data comprising first and second distance data, with the first distance data being indicative of the distance along a lateral axis of the automobile between a driver position and an inboard edge of the driver side exterior mirror and the second distance data being indicative of the distance along the lateral axis between the driver position and an inboard edge of the passenger side exterior mirror;
supplying the control signal to a passenger side mirror controller; and
adjusting the position of the passenger side exterior mirror in accordance with the control signal using the passenger side mirror controller.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein said generating step further comprises determining the horizontal angle of the driver side exterior mirror using the position data, calculating a desired angle for the passenger side exterior mirror using the horizontal angle, and generating the control signal using the desired angle.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein said generating step further comprises supplying the position data to a control circuit which produces the control signal using the following steps:
determining the horizontal angle of the adjusted driver side exterior mirror relative to a reference position; and
determining a desired angle for the passenger side exterior mirror using the horizontal angle and distance data related to the position of an inboard edge of each of the exterior mirrors.
14. An automobile exterior rearview mirror system, comprising:
a first exterior mirror assembly having a driver side exterior mirror, at least one motor for adjusting the position of the driver side exterior mirror, and one or more position sensors for determining the orientation of the driver side exterior mirror;
a second exterior mirror assembly having a passenger side exterior mirror, at least one motor for adjusting the position of the passenger side exterior mirror, and one or more position sensors for determining the orientation of the passenger side exterior mirror;
a mirror position switch for adjusting the position of at least the driver side exterior mirror using its associated motor; and
one or more control circuits electrically coupled to the motors an mirror position switch, the control circuit(s) being operable in response to adjustments of the driver side exterior mirror using the mirror position switch to generate a control signal that actuates the motor associated with the passenger side exterior mirror to make corresponding adjustments to the passenger side exterior mirror;
wherein the control circuit(s) is operable to generate the control signal using a mathematical relationship that utilizes position data from the first exterior mirror assembly position sensor(s) and distance data related to the position of an inboard edge of each of the exterior mirrors, the distance data comprising first and second distance data, with the first distance data being indicative of the distance along a lateral axis of the automobile between a driver position and the inboard edge of the driver side exterior mirror and the second distance data being indicative of the distance along the lateral axis between the driver position and the inboard edge of the passenger side exterior mirror.
15. The rearview mirror system set forth in claim 14, wherein the position data is used to determine the horizontal angle of the driver side exterior mirror relative to a reference position, and wherein the horizontal angle is used along with the distance data to generate the control signal.
16. The rearview mirror system set forth in claim 15, wherein the first distance is determined using the horizontal angle.
17. The rearview mirror system set forth in claim 14, wherein the control circuit(s) comprises a driver side mirror controller, a passenger side mirror controller, and a central controller, and wherein the control signal is generated by the central controller.
18. An automobile exterior rearview mirror system, comprising:
a first exterior mirror assembly having a driver side exterior mirror, at least one motor for pivoting the driver side exterior mirror about a center of rotation, and one or more position sensors for determining the orientation of the driver side exterior mirror;
a second exterior mirror assembly having a passenger side exterior mirror, at least one motor for pivoting the passenger side exterior mirror about a center of rotation, and one or more position sensors for determining the orientation of the passenger side exterior mirror;
a mirror position switch for adjusting the position of at least the driver side exterior mirror using its associated motor; and
one or more control circuits electrically coupled to the motors and mirror position switch, the control circuit(s) being operable in response to adjustments the driver side exterior mirror via the mirror position switch to generate a control signal that actuates the motor associated with the passenger side exterior mirror to make corresponding adjustments to the passenger side exterior mirror;
wherein the control signal represents a desired angle \u03b2 for the passenger side exterior mirror, with the control signal being generated using a horizontal angle \u03b1 of the driver side exterior mirror that is determined using position data from the first exterior mirror assembly position sensor(s); and
wherein the desired angle \u03b2 is determined according to the equation:
\u03b2
=
1
2

\u2062
tan

–
1
\u2061

(
w
RH

–

t
RH
w
LH

–

t
LH
\u2062
tan
\u2062

\u2003

\u2062
2
\u2062
\u03b1

)
where:
wRH is the distance along a lateral axis between the driver position and the center of rotation of the passenger side exterior mirror;
wLH is the distance along a lateral axis between the driver position and the center of rotation of the driver side exterior mirror;
tRH is the distance between the center of rotation of the passenger side exterior mirror and an inboard edge of the passenger side exterior mirror; and
tLH is the distance between the center of rotation of the driver side exterior mirror and an inboard edge of the driver side exterior mirror;
and wherein tRH is approximated using the value of tLH with tLH being determined using the equation tLH=\u03bdsin (\u03b1+\u03c4), where:
\u03c4 is a second angle formed between (i) a centerline of the driver side exterior mirror and (ii) an edge line that intersects the inboard edge of the driver side exterior mirror and meets the centerline at the center of rotation of the driver side exterior mirror; and
\u03c4 is the distance from the center of rotation of the driver side exterior mirror to the inboard edge of the driver side exterior mirror.

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 display device equipped with a touch panel, comprising:
a display panel;
a capacitive touch panel provided on the display panel; and
a front panel arranged above the capacitive touch panel at a predetermined distance away therefrom, wherein:
the capacitive touch panel includes a plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes,
one electrodes of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes being sequentially applied with pulse signals, and another one electrodes of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes receiving the pulse signals; and

when an arbitrary point on the front panel is touched, a touched point on the capacitive touch panel is computed by using both the received pulse signals obtained from the another one electrodes of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes in a case where the front panel is not deformed and the received pulse signals obtained from the another one electrodes of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes in a case where the front panel is deformed.
2. A display device equipped with a touch panel, comprising:
a display panel;
a capacitive touch panel provided on the display panel; and
a front panel arranged above the capacitive touch panel at a predetermined distance therefrom,
wherein the capacitive touch panel includes:
a plurality of X electrodes;
a plurality of Y electrodes;
a measurement unit for sequentially applying pulse signals to one electrodes of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes and receiving the pulse signals from another one electrodes of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes so as to measure intensity of each of the received pulse signals; and
a control unit for detecting an intersection at which the measured intensity of the received pulse signal is larger than a first threshold value and an intersection at which the measured intensity of the received pulse signal is smaller than a second threshold value among intersections of the plurality of X electrodes and the plurality of Y electrodes so as to compute a touched position on the capacitive touch panel.
3. The display device equipped with a touch panel according to claim 2, wherein:
the measured intensity of the received pulse signal becomes larger than the first threshold value when the front panel is touched so that the front panel is not deformed;
the measured intensity of the received pulse signal becomes smaller than the second threshold value when the front panel is touched so that the front panel is deformed toward the capacitive touch panel; and
the first threshold value is larger than the second threshold value.
4. The display device equipped with a touch panel according to claim 3, wherein:
the first threshold value is set on a side on which the intensity of the received pulse signal increases from a reference value; and
the second threshold value is set on a side on which the intensity of the received pulse signal decreases from the reference value.
5. The display device equipped with a touch panel according to claim 4, wherein the reference value is set based on a state in which the capacitive touch panel is not touched.
6. The display device equipped with a touch panel according to claim 4, further comprising a storage unit for storing the measured intensity of the received pulse signal and the reference value for each of the intersections of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes.
7. The display device equipped with a touch panel according to claim 6, wherein the storage unit stores a touch-state management table for managing the touched position.
8. The display device equipped with a touch panel according to claim 2, wherein the control unit reverses polarity of the measured received pulse signal when the measured intensity of the received pulse signal is smaller than the second threshold value.
9. The display device equipped with a touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the front panel is arranged above the capacitive touch panel at the predetermined distance away therefrom by a spacer provided in a peripheral portion of the capacitive touch panel.
10. The display device equipped with a touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the X electrodes and the Y electrodes cross each other via a first insulating layer, each of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes has a pad portion and a thin-line portion that are formed to be alternately arranged in each electrode-extending direction, and the pad portions of the X electrodes and the pad portions of the Y electrodes are arranged without overlapping each other as viewed planarly.
11. The display device equipped with a touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the X electrodes and the Y electrodes cross each other at the intersections via a first insulating layer, each of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes has a pad portion and a thin-line portion that are formed to be alternately arranged in each electrode-extending direction, and the pad portions of the X electrodes and the pad portions of the Y electrodes are arranged without overlapping each other as viewed planarly.