At this year’s CES, Bosch is presenting a smart sun visor that is designed to provide ideal protection from blinding sunrays without obstructing the view of the road. Will the classic sun visor soon be obsolete?
Sun visors that are installed in cars today are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, they reduce the blinding effect of low-lying sunlight and thus ensure that we don’t have to drive with our eyes narrowed and flying half-blind. On the other hand, they block the view of the road itself, which is anything but optimal. Automotive supplier Bosch is now presenting a possible solution: The smart sun visor presented at CES ultimately turns out to be a transparent display that (indirectly) automatically detects sunlight and then darkens. So the new sun visor basically functions like sunglasses that are automatically put on when there is a risk of glare.
However, as already indicated, solar radiation is not detected directly. The sun visor is equipped with a camera that...
