Patent ID: 9511650
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B60J,G02F,G09G

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a vehicle with a windshield having a curved portion; a light passage control medium extending along at least the curved portion of the windshield, the light passage control medium being controllable to change opacity between a more transparent state and a more opaque state; a first detector to sense position of a light source external to the windshield; an operator control responsive to input from an operator of the vehicle; a second detector to sense location of one or more eyes of the operator; and a processing device responsive to the first detector and the second detector to determine one or more spots along the light passage control medium in accordance with operating logic, the processing device providing one or more signals to the light passage control medium to adjust the one or more spots from the more transparent state to the more opaque state to reduce passage of light from the light source to the one or more eyes of the operator; the processing device being responsive to the input from the operator with the operator control to adjust position of the one or more spots.