Vehicle Mounted Virtual Visor System Having a Modular Liquid Crystal Display
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsRyan P. Todd, Jason Zink, Andy Woodrich
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Abstract
A modular virtual visor system is for a vehicle disclosed. The modular virtual visor system includes camera for detecting an illumination level on a face of a driver; a plurality of LCD panel modules mounted within the vehicle, and a controller. Each LCD panel module has LCD pixels configured to, (i) in an opaque state, block light from passing through the LCD screen and, (ii) in a transparent state, allow light to pass through the LCD panel module. The controller is configured to selectively operate each of the LCD pixels of each LCD panel module in either the opaque state or the transparent state so as to block high intensity light sources from shining on the face of the driver.
Claims20
A modular a visor system for a vehicle, the modular visor system comprising:
- a plurality of liquid crystal display (LCD) panel modules mounted within the vehicle, each LCD panel module comprising:
- a first plurality of LCD pixels arranged in a grid formation, each LCD pixel configured to, (i) in an opaque state, block light from passing through a corresponding area of the respective LCD panel module and, (ii) in a transparent state, allow light to pass through the corresponding area of the respective LCD panel module;
- a bezel configured to surround and secure the first plurality of LCD pixels in the grid formation;
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- a first plurality of connections operably connected to first plurality of LCD pixels, the first plurality of LCD pixels being configured to be selectively operated in the opaque state and the transparent state depending on control signals received via the first plurality of connections from a common controller.
A modular visor system for a vehicle, the modular visor system comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect an illumination level of at least one location within the vehicle;
- a plurality of liquid crystal display (LCD) panel modules mounted within the vehicle, each LCD panel module having a plurality of LCD pixels arranged in a grid formation, each LCD pixel configured to, (i) in an opaque state, block light from passing through a corresponding area of the respective LCD panel module and, (ii) in a transparent state, allow light to pass through the corresponding area of the respective LCD panel module;
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- a controller operably connected to the sensor and the plurality of LCD panel modules, the controller configured to (i) receive a sensor signal from the sensor, (ii) determine the illumination level of the at least one location based on the sensor signal, and (iii) selectively operate each pixel of the plurality of LCD pixels of each of the plurality of LCD panel modules in the opaque state and the transparent state depending on the illumination level of the at least one location within the vehicle.
A modular a visor system for a site, the modular visor system comprising:
- a plurality of shutter panel modules mounted at a site, each shutter panel module comprising:
- a plurality of shutter pixels arranged in a grid formation, each shutter pixel configured to, (i) in an opaque state, block light from passing through a corresponding area of the respective shutter panel module and, (ii) in a transparent state, allow light to pass through the corresponding area of the respective shutter panel module;
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- a plurality of connections operably connected to plurality of shutter pixels, the plurality of shutter pixels being configured to be selectively operated in the opaque state and the transparent state depending on control signals received via the plurality of connections from a common controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.