Nissan Has Revolutionized The Rearview Mirror
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Americans have gotten used to rearview cameras, which make driving in reverse easier and safer and will be required on all new cars by May 2018.
Now, Nissan is taking the next step forward, adding the benefits of a camera to the rearview mirror.
The "smart rearview mirror" looks like a standard mirror, but when the driver flips a switch, a much clearer view of what's behind the car is shown, piped in from a camera in the rear windshield.
No more struggling to see past tall passengers, headrests, and piles of suitcases. Fantastic.
The mirror itself meets federal regulations and is available if the camera ever fails, or if the customer prefers to go old school. But we're guessing that once drivers get used to the LCD screen mode, they'll stick with it.
U.S. customers got their first in-person look at Nissan's mirror at the New York auto show the past April.
http://www.nissanusa.com/innovations...a.article.html
Now, Nissan is taking the next step forward, adding the benefits of a camera to the rearview mirror.
The "smart rearview mirror" looks like a standard mirror, but when the driver flips a switch, a much clearer view of what's behind the car is shown, piped in from a camera in the rear windshield.
No more struggling to see past tall passengers, headrests, and piles of suitcases. Fantastic.
The mirror itself meets federal regulations and is available if the camera ever fails, or if the customer prefers to go old school. But we're guessing that once drivers get used to the LCD screen mode, they'll stick with it.
U.S. customers got their first in-person look at Nissan's mirror at the New York auto show the past April.
http://www.nissanusa.com/innovations...a.article.html
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Great idea, but why even bother with the normal mirror, why not just have the camera at all times? Did I miss the explanation in the video?
Edit: Oh never mind, its in the original post, to meet federal regulations.
Edit: Oh never mind, its in the original post, to meet federal regulations.
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it takes 10 years+ to change a federal regulation. Talk about slow moving pork express.
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The new Ford Transit (and any car with barn doors in the rear) could definitely use this. The door pillars in the middle effectively block being able to see anything directly behind the car using the interior center rear view mirror.
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This was actually a pretty cool execution....but need a wider angle
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What I would like to see is the option of stitching together the feeds from the back-up camera (from above the rear licence plate, and generally pointing down) and the new rear-view camera (from the rear window and pointing straight back) that goes to the nav screen, and available at any time, not just when backing up.