SunNix Visor

 

HinesLab

 

Auto Sun Visor, v2

 

 

      The auto sun visor follows the sun to block blinding sunlight to the driver’s eyes.  The visor is positioned inside the windshield and is moved with cables and servo motors as the vehicle turns.  

      The visor does not appear to be a dark spot in the scene, but rather the absence of blinding sun to make the scene look more evenly lighted.  

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       The first time using the visor, the driver aligns the visor vertically on the horizon.  This tells the micro-controller the driver’s eye height.  The longitudinal position of the driver’s eyes is sensed by the front-to-back position of the seat.

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      A micro-controller determines the position of the visor based on the position of the sun relative to the vehicle (using a wide-angle camera), and the position of the driver’s eyes, which the driver adjusts, like adjusting the seat.

 

As the vehicle turns, motors, at the corners of the windshield, pull the cables to position the visor to block the sun to the driver’s eyes.

The visor is a plastic oval printed dark in the center, fading to clear on the edge, to make the transition from the visor to the scene more gentle on the eyes.

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      If there is something that the drivers wants to see in the scene in front of the mask, they simply look around it.  The mask will not follow, as if trying to block the view.  

      The visor can be integrated by vehicle manufacturers, or made available as an after-market product, as shown above, for school buses, city buses, trucks, RV’s and cars.  A 2-motor enclosure, above and below the windshield, provide the four motors coupled to the micro-controller to position the visor.  The auto-sun visor could be life saving in commercial aircraft, and military jet fighters where the pilot is making rapid turns.  

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