Computer Rear View Mirrors Views

General Goods

In cars, the rear-view mirror is usually affixed to the top of the windscreen on a swivel mount allowing it to be freely rotated. In the past, some cars had the rear-view mirror mounted on top of the dashboard. Rear-view mirrors are designed to break away to minimize injury to occupants who may be thrown against it in a collision.

Recently, rear-view video cameras have been built into many new model cars, such as the Mazda Hakaze Concept. This was partially in response to the rear-view mirrors' inability to show the road directly behind the car, due to the rear deck or trunk obscuring as much as 3–5 metres (10–15 feet) of road behind the car. For example, as many as 50 times a year, small children are killed by SUVs in America because the driver cannot see them in their rear-view mirrors.[4] These camera systems are usually mounted to the bumper or lower parts of the car allowing for better rear visibility.

Other rear-view mirrors have electronic auto-dimming feature built in so the driver is not blinded by glare. These systems usually use photo sensors mounted in the actual rear-view mirror to detect light and dim the mirror. These designs include an older mechanical dimming feature and a more modern electrochromic dimming feature. This electrochromic feature has been also incorporated into side-view mirrors allowing them to dim and reduce glare as well. Mirrors containing such features can, however, be not sensitive enough for many drivers.

Several Chrysler Corporation cars offered automatic dimming mirrors as optional equipment as early as 1959, but few customers ordered them for their cars and the item was soon shelved. Several automakers began offering rearview mirrors with automatic dimming again in 1983, and it was in the late 1980s that they began to catch on in popularity.