The end of flipping down the sun visor? High-tech LCD version uses AI to know where your eyes are and casts a shadow just big enough to shade them
- Bosch developed the visor to protect drivers' eyes without blocking vision
- It will go on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week
- Technology is reportedly the first update to the visor since the 1920s
A transparent sun visor that uses AI to establish the location of your eyes and cast a shade on them has been developed by an engineering company.
The high-tech visor, the first update to the vehicle essential since the 1920s, darkens see-through liquid crystals to protect drivers' eyes without blocking their view.
Developed by Bosch, it is due to go on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, and could help reduce the number of fatalities on the roads.
Bosch has invented a visor that uses AI to only cast shadow onto a drivers' eyes
Speaking before the conference, Dr Steffen Berns, president of Bosch Car Multimedia, told The Times: 'The visor as we know it is not enough to avoid hazardous sun glare, especially at dawn and dusk'.
The company's 'virtual visor' uses a screen larger than a traditional one that hangs over the windscreen ready to produce shade when needed, and blocks up to 90 per cent less of the area than a traditional visor, according to the company.
The panel is also linked to a camera, that detects the drivers' eyes location to ensure the shadow falls on the right place.
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In a video launching the novel product, engineers say they were struck with the idea after realising the car part had not been updated in almost a century.
Department for Transport figures show that 'dazzling sun' was a factor in 2,643 accidents in Britain in 2018, and was involved in 551 serious crashes and 27 fatalities.
It will go on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week
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