A system adapted to prevent a driver or passenger (13, fig.3) of a vehicle (10) from glare of oncoming light (16, fig.4), said system comprising a windscreen 1 controllably dimmable over selective areas 20, and including one or more cameras or sensors (11,12,14, fig.3) mounted on the vehicle adapted to provide an output signal to controller 19, said controller adapted to determine a windscreen area 20 to be dimmed based on said output signal, and control said dimming based on the selected area. The system may comprise an externally pointing camera (12) to detect intensity and/or distribution of oncoming light hitting the front windscreen. An internally facing camera 11 may detect intensity and/or distribution of light incident inside the vehicle, on the occupants head or face, or to detect the position of the occupants head, face or eyes. The windscreen may comprise a chromatic or translucent LCD layer (figure 1b), where the degree of dimming can be varied within subdivisions of the selected area. The system may further use radar sensor (14, fig.3) output signals to identify oncoming vehicles and determine extent to which its headlights might glare the occupant.
Driver anti-blinding system
2018-11-14
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60J WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES , Fenster, Windschutzscheiben und bewegbare Dächer, Türen oder Ähnliches für Fahrzeuge / B32B LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM , Schichtkörper, d.h. aus Ebenen oder gewölbten Schichten, z.B. mit zell- oder wabenförmiger Form, aufgebaute Erzeugnisse / E06B Feste oder bewegliche Abschlüsse für Öffnungen in Bauwerken, Fahrzeugen, Zäunen oder ähnlichen Einfriedungen allgemein, z.B. Türen, Fenster, Läden, Tore , FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES |
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