The Layout Design of Rearview Mirror Based on Vehicle Ergonomics

Abstract

The installation position of the external mirror, a very significant safety parts of vehicles, directly affects the driver’s field of view. To determine the position of the external mirror is a complicated task, factors need to be considered such as styling, ergonomic, safety, engineering design, etc. In the process of vehicle development, the external mirror is often arranged after the modeling schemes is determined. However, it is not easy to get a good visual field and human comfort subject to the constraints of the styling features. Therefore, it is necessary to give out the position of the external mirror and the field of vision in the early stage of modeling. In order to obtain a good view, the ideal position of the outside mirror is packaged considering of ergonomic, and the minimum visible dimension of the mirror is designed on the basis of vision conformance, which avoid the safety hazard and massive amounts of modification caused by improper design of the external mirror.