Categorized by installation location
1. Interior rearview mirror: The interior rearview mirror is a mirror that can confirm the rear scene without changing the forward line of sight during driving.
2. Exterior mirrors: Passenger cars generally install exterior mirrors on the doors. Domestic vehicles are also equipped with wings.
3. Down-view mirror: The down-view mirror can enable the driver to see the front and rear wheels under the car body in the mirror directly in front of the driver's seat, so that the driver can see whether there are people or obstacles on the front and rear wheels and next to the body when reversing and starting forward, so as not to hurt people, objects and damage the vehicle, and give the driver convenience and safety.
Classified by mirror shape of the rearview mirror
It can be divided into three series: planar mirror, spherical mirror and double curvature mirror. There is also a type of prism mirror, which has a flat mirror surface but is prismatic in cross-section, and is usually used as an anti-glare type interior rearview mirror.
Classified according to the reflective film material used to make the mirror
It can be divided into four types: aluminum mirror, chrome mirror, silver mirror, and blue mirror (coating).
Classified by the way the rearview mirror is adjusted
It can be divided into two types: exterior adjustment and in-car adjustment.
1, the outside adjustment of this way is in the parking state, by directly adjusting the position of the frame or mirror by hand to complete the adjustment of the viewing angle, the way is time-consuming and laborious, it is difficult to complete conveniently at one time, the driver needs to use his hand on the seat to stretch out the window to adjust, in driving, rainy days and other situations adjustment is very inconvenient. Generally, large cars, trucks and low-end buses adopt external adjustment to reduce costs.
2. The interior adjustment method can provide more convenient conditions for the driver to adjust the rearview mirror during driving and observe the rear field of view. Most of the mid-range and high-end cars adopt the in-car adjustment method. This method is divided into two types: manual adjustment type (wire transmission adjustment or handle adjustment) and electric adjustment type.
Because the position of the rearview mirror is directly related to whether the driver can observe the situation behind the car, and it is difficult for the driver to adjust its position, especially the rearview mirror on the side of the front passenger door. Therefore, the rearview mirrors of modern cars are basically electric, operated by an electrical control system.
