1. The infrared night vision system
traveling at night time, though small, but the chance of an accident is great, because in the darkness people’s vision was affected. But do not worry, with the rapid development of automobile technology, will make the night into day, to make your night driving easier.
driving in the dark always makes you feel uncomfortable few, after all, the field of view shorten a lot, but to be more careful in traffic, poor road lighting, in addition to pedestrians, pets have to be careful obstacles on the road, accidentally to a virtually scratch, drag the bottom can make you too much. When will you make eyes in the dark? This is no longer a distant dream, new automotive technology will give you a pair of eye.
Some car manufacturers are developing this to make your night driving easier night vision systems.
is imaged on the use of thermal imaging camera to improve safety in the dark. BMW considered more efficient infrared technology to detect pedestrians, animals, and other objects in the night.
When driving in the dark night vision system provides a new visual manner. Before the driver could not see the road ahead by means of lighting systems, thermal imaging camera can be detected in the darkness in front of the vehicle humans, animals and some objects. Another thermal image camera function is to happen to increase the brightness, and then transferred to the control center brightening the image display, apparently, humans and animals and other objectives will become clearer.
While the night vision image on the screen is not clear, but by way of capturing thermal radiation imaging member such that the projecting light and dark is very clear, and therefore more easily identifiable danger ahead. In addition to the night, it is also a good way to deal with fog.
benefit of the driver’s night vision system is when the off-road driving through the narrow path, when you enter a dark underground garages, significantly improved nighttime driving comfort. Infrared technology uses temperature thermal camera exploit people, animals, objects emit, improved image clarity.
Infrared night vision system intentionally does not exhibit all the details of the traffic situation, there is no avoiding the main object in front of your attention. In other words, insignificant details are deleted, to avoid excessive dispersion of the driver’s attention.
IR system present a high contrast image in Taiwan and Central Control Display instrument driver’s night image. The driver simply look at the display on the way to get the goal, so easy observation of the BMW Night Vision system is like watching the same rearview mirror.
infrared night vision systems allow drivers to see farther. It covers the range of the furthest to the front of the car 300 meters. FIR can see twice as far from the other system, the driver may notice the danger earlier. When 100km / h per hour can advance five seconds to find the target. FIR does not make you vertigo.
Another feature of the infrared night vision imaging system is the other side of the oncoming vehicle headlights, street lights, traffic lights, highly reflective traffic signs, etc. does not make you vertigo, but also between the vehicles with FIR do not interfere with each other. FIR techniques beyond the point of departure, BMW also add further functionality to it: As the speed increases, the image on the road can also be enlarged so that the target is distant by changing the lens focal length, making the target more clearly.
Today the new system is still not perfect, it is also considered in the development of the field of vision to observe the main driver of the eye, combined with physical experiments show and real image will cause the driver to feel impatient, maybe this is not the most good solution. In addition, BMW Night Vision camera lens mount this position will be affected by a number of external factors on the front bumper, such as muddy road, the rain, the lens is easy to dirty, dirty lens will affect the car display images on.
in the dark of night driving, left behind pedestrians, animals and obstacles on the road will become less risk to your attention. While night vision technology is still not perfect, the technology to enhance the safety and comfort of driving at night or there will be a great help.