Selective darkening of the windshield using high speed video analysis for driving assistance

The paper presents the concept of a new visual based driving assistance system for increasing the safety and comfort in traffic. Using a high speed camera observing the vehicle's driver, an embedded image analysis module and a selective darkening panel attached to the windshield, the system is able to detect the appropriate area to be darkened in order to shade the driver's eyes and avoid the dazzling effect. The driver has a better view over the scene, since the rest of the windshield stays in high transparent mode. In this contribution, the main structure of the algorithm is presented. A patent is pending.