Continental Enhances Driver Safety by Eliminating Forward Blind Spots and it appears to be catching on as other manufacturers are also developing similiar systems . In the next few years, as camera and screen costs go down, this could become the Next Big Thing in auto safety
- Dave
Here's how it works : A surround-view camera captures the area around the vehicle, and it takes the relevant part (the part the A-pillar might obscure) and feeds that live image to an OLED display wrapped around the interior portion of the A-pillar. A head-tracking camera in the dashboard then shifts the OLED display's output based on the driver's head position to ensure the driver sees what's on the other side of the pillar.
Continental notes that A-pillars can obscure more than 3 feet's worth of area at a distance of 12 feet from the vehicle, and that blind spot grows as the distance does. This can obscure pedestrians about to enter intersections, creating some serious safety concerns. Continental's system attempts to even the playing field by enhancing the driver's visibility.
Automakers are also looking into this tech. Most recently, Hyundai and Kia filed a patent application that works similar to Continental's, albeit without a head-tracking camera. Last year, Toyota filed a similar patent application, although it relies on mirrors to "bend" light around the A-pillar instead of using expensive displays. In 2014, Jaguar Land Rover previewed a similar technology, too.
https://www.continental-corporation.com ... lar-148382
http://www.autocarpro.in/news-internati ... fety-41133
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Steve, perhaps sitting back and being driven around by one of these - Dave
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