Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Active glare suppression system
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Application No.: US15758660Application Date: 2016-09-01
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Publication No.: US11130391B2Publication Date: 2021-09-28
- Inventor: Hyungryul J. Choi , Arthur Y. Zhang , Cheng Chen , Graham B. Myhre , Malcolm J. Northcott , Matheen M. Siddiqui , Russell Y. Webb , Matthew E. Last
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent G. Victor Treyz; Kendall W. Abbasi
- International Application: PCT/US2016/049880 WO 20160901
- International Announcement: WO2017/053040 WO 20170330
- Main IPC: B60J3/04
- IPC: B60J3/04 ; B60J3/06 ; B60R16/037

Abstract:
A vehicle may have optical structures such as windows and mirrors that have the potential to allow glare from external objects to shine into the eyes of a driver or other vehicle occupant. A control circuit may gather information on where the eyes of the driver are located using a camera mounted in the vehicle and may gather information on where the sun or other source of glare are located outside of the vehicle. Based on this information, the control circuit may direct a light modulator on a window or mirror to selectively darken an area that prevents the glare from reaching the eyes of the driver. The light modulator may have a photochromic layer that is adjusted by shining light onto the photochromic layer, may be a liquid crystal modulator, an electrochromic modulator, or other light modulator layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180304727A1 Active Glare Suppression System Public/Granted day:2018-10-25
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