Bosch has developed a transparent visor to protect drivers from glare
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"Smart" visor from Bosch can prevent a car accident
What do you think, under what weather conditions can sometimes be the most car accidents? You might think that accidents happen on the roads in icy conditions or in heavy fog, however, the representatives of the German company Bosch claim that drivers usually are losing concentration on Sunny days. So they do not get in eyes, motorists usually omit a special visor, which is located on the top of the cabin right in front of the driver. However, the cap does not only prevent temporary blindness due to exposure to sunlight and headlights of oncoming cars, but also partially restricts the field of vision of the driver. It seems that Bosch has found a solution to this problem, but its technology also has one weakness. But what?
To protect drivers from bright light, Bosch has further developed the existing sun visors, having made them of transparent liquid crystal panel. It consists of a large hexagonal segments that, in a selective order can become opaque and thereby to create, in the eyes of a human shadow. The difference from conventional visors consists in that the shadow smoothly follows the position of the human eye, while the rest of the film remains transparent and does not interfere with the driver watching the road.
How to protect yourself from the sun's glare while driving?
The Principle of operation of the technology have been described in . Representatives of the company explained that the sun visor is connected to the cameras that are located inside the cabin. They are equipped with artificial intelligence, which in real time monitors the position of the eyes, nose and mouth of the person and obscures the particles of the liquid crystal panel so that a hexagonal shape created a shadow exclusively around the eyes.
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Technology seems simple and at the same time extremely useful. But it has at least two drawbacks. The first is the fact that the hexagons on the film is made very large, causing the field of vision may still be blocked. If they were smaller, a shadow could be made more accurate, to cover solely the driver's eyes and nothing more. The second drawback lies in the fact that the film shadow is too rough and engineers should make the border dark spots were slightly blurred.
Despite the advantages, the technology has disadvantages
Perhaps in the future the company will correct these disadvantages and in these cars "smart" visor appears in a perfect form. At the moment this device is an early prototype, so the engineers have time to work on improving the technology. However, when and what cars will have such a device, is still unknown. It is possible that it will be sold separately in a kit with cameras and can be installed on practically any car.
With all this we should not forget that causes of accidents are not only difficult weather conditions, but also the behavior of the drivers themselves. For example, many motorists get into trouble because of the fact that talking on the phone while driving. Prevent a possible crash trying many developers and most interesting project at the moment is the technology from the Israeli company Eyesight Technologies. It also uses the sensors inside the car to monitor the actions of the driver, and read more about it you can read in our .
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