A visibility control device for a vehicle includes: a windshield that is provided at a front side of a vehicle cabin; a light-shielding portion that is provided at, or so as to correspond to, an area at a vehicle lower side of the windshield, and that is switchable between a light-shielding state and a light-transmitting state; a vehicle speed sensor that detects a speed of a vehicle; and a control unit that, in a case in which a vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, performs control to switch the light-shielding portion to the light-shielding state, and in a case in which the vehicle speed is less than a predetermined value, performs control to switch the light-shielding portion to the light-transmitting state.


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    Title :

    Visibility Control Device for a Vehicle


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    Publication date :

    2020-03-05


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    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 / B60J WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES , Fenster, Windschutzscheiben und bewegbare Dächer, Türen oder Ähnliches für Fahrzeuge / G02F DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING,... , Vorrichtungen oder Anordnungen, deren optische Arbeitsweise durch Änderung der optischen Eigenschaften des Mediums der Vorrichtungen oder Anordnungen geändert wird zum Steuern der Intensität, Farbe, Phase, Polarisation oder der Richtung von...



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