Electro-optic aperture for vehicular imaging system

A vehicular imaging system for capturing an image, comprising:

• an imaging array sensor;
• a focusing lens positioned along an optic path to said imaging array sensor;
• an electro-optic aperture operable to attenuate a portion of captured energy in at least one region of said electro-optic aperture, said focusing lens being positionable along an optic path between said imaging array sensor and said electro-optic aperture;
• and
• a control which is operable to at least occasionally apply a signal to said electro-optic aperture.

A vehicular imaging system for capturing an image, comprising:

• an imaging sensor which is operable to capture the image;
• a focusing lens, said focusing lens being operable to focus the image onto said imaging sensor, said focusing lens being positioned along an optic path to said imaging sensor;
• an electrochromic aperture which comprises at least one outer region and an inner region, said focusing lens being positioned along an optic path between said electrochromic aperture and said imaging sensor;
• and
• a control which is operable to energize said electrochromic aperture by applying a signal thereto, said electrochromic aperture being operable to attenuate energy in said at least one outer region when said electrochromic aperture is energized while allowing substantially non-attenuated energy to pass through said inner region.