Patent ID: 11938795
Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A vehicular vision system, the vehicular vision system comprising:
a forward sensing light sensor disposed at a vehicle equipped with the vehicular vision system, the forward sensing light sensor sensing forward of the vehicle, the forward sensing light sensor capturing sensor data;
a driver monitoring system disposed in the vehicle and sensing at least the eyes of a driver of the vehicle;
a control comprising circuitry and associated software;
wherein the circuitry of the control comprises an image processor;
a controllable transparent element disposed at a windshield of the vehicle, wherein the controllable transparent element comprises a locally dimmable element that is operable, responsive to the control, to locally darken regions of the controllable transparent element at the windshield to reduce transmission of visible light through the controllable transparent element at the locally darkened regions of the controllable transparent element;
wherein sensor data captured by the forward sensing light sensor is processed to determine (i) a light source ahead of the vehicle, (ii) an intensity of the determined light source and (iii) a position of the determined light source relative to the vehicle;
wherein the driver monitoring system determines an eye position of the eyes of the driver;
wherein the control, responsive to processing of sensor data captured by the forward sensing light sensor and responsive to the determined eye position of the eyes of the driver, determines a light path between the eyes of the driver and the position of the determined light source and determines a location where the determined light path intersects the controllable transparent element at the windshield; and
wherein the control, responsive to the intensity of the determined light source being greater than a threshold level, controls the controllable transparent element to locally darken a region of the controllable transparent element that includes the location where the determined light path intersects the controllable transparent element at the windshield.