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The plague continues (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 days ago by [M] to c/tenforward@lemmy.world
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[–] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (10 children)

I no longer wish to make money off this idea, I simply want it to exist

Ship mirrors with built in liquid crystal layers that use the camera in the car to map and then block headlight brightness from the driver.

It takes some electricity but the car has batteries and an alternator.

Anyone other than Tesla or a Elon musk invested entity is allowed to use this idea.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    Well, auto-dimming rear-view mirrors have been a thing since the 90's.

    Your idea layers onto that, and I'm sure it would require trivial amounts of power (watches have used LCD since the 80's).

    I'm pretty sure I've seen LCD used as a dimming method for windows.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Those things fucking suck! Last card I had had one and it took like 30 seconds to a minute to darken. Next car I made sure had the old school flicky doohickey.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (1 child)

    I dunno, the one in my 06 Jetta worked really well whereas the one in my 13 Subie doesn’t seem to do anything

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    We've had them in a few cars. What we've found is that the "perfect" amount of dimming varies from person to person. Same car, I thought the dimming logic wasn't aggressive enough, while my wife thought it was too aggressive (or the reverse, I don't remember). The manual mirror avoids this issue entirely.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (4 children)

    I think you speak of a feature that some BMWs have where they have a led matrix for headlights and will selectively turn off the ones aimed at oncoming cars while the rest stay on

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago

    But I want this defensively, for the car with LEDs installed at old incandescent voltages, the truck that rides 3" from your bumper, and the guy who got replacement bulbs at a cheap garage who didn't adjust them correctly.

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