Dynamically managing vehicle glass dimming
First Claim
1. A method of dynamically changing transparency of portions of a vehicle transparent material comprising:
- determining a location of a bright light with respect to a vehicle;
determining a driver location within the vehicle;
determining a relative brightness of the bright light relative to ambient light;
selectively changing transparency of a selected portion of the vehicle transparent material to obscure the bright light from the driver'"'"'s eyes while allowing a majority of the vehicle transparent material to remain normally transparent, wherein the amount of changed transparency is based on the relative brightness of the bright light;
determining whether the driver is wearing sunglasses, wherein the step of selectively changing transparency is affected by a positive sunglasses determination; and
repeating the above steps continually to adjust a location of the selected portion of the vehicle transparent material as the vehicle changes orientation with respect to the bright light;
wherein the method further comprises determining a tinting of the sunglasses and wherein the step of selectively changing transparency is modified by the determined tinting of the sunglasses.
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Abstract
A method, system or computer usable program product for dynamically changing transparency of portions of a vehicle transparent material including determining a location of a bright light with respect to a vehicle; determining a driver location within the vehicle; selectively changing a transparency of a selected portion of the vehicle transparent material to obscure the bright light from the driver'"'"'s eyes, while allowing a majority of the vehicle transparent material to remain normally transparent; and repeating the above steps continually to adjust a location of the selected portion of the vehicle transparent material as the vehicle changes orientation with respect to the bright light.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of dynamically changing transparency of portions of a vehicle transparent material comprising:
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determining a location of a bright light with respect to a vehicle; determining a driver location within the vehicle; determining a relative brightness of the bright light relative to ambient light; selectively changing transparency of a selected portion of the vehicle transparent material to obscure the bright light from the driver'"'"'s eyes while allowing a majority of the vehicle transparent material to remain normally transparent, wherein the amount of changed transparency is based on the relative brightness of the bright light; determining whether the driver is wearing sunglasses, wherein the step of selectively changing transparency is affected by a positive sunglasses determination; and repeating the above steps continually to adjust a location of the selected portion of the vehicle transparent material as the vehicle changes orientation with respect to the bright light; wherein the method further comprises determining a tinting of the sunglasses and wherein the step of selectively changing transparency is modified by the determined tinting of the sunglasses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer usable program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable storage medium including computer usable code for use in dynamically changing transparency of a portion of a vehicle transparent material, the computer usable code being configured for performing the steps of:
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determining a location of a bright light with respect to a vehicle; determining a driver location within the vehicle; determining a relative brightness of the bright light relative to ambient light; selectively changing transparency of a selected portion of the vehicle transparent material to obscure the bright light from the driver'"'"'s eyes while allowing a majority of the vehicle transparent material to remain normally transparent, wherein the amount of changed transparency is based on the relative brightness of the bright light; determining whether the driver is wearing sunglasses, wherein the step of selectively changing transparency is affected by a positive sunglasses determination; and repeating the above steps continually to adjust a location of the selected portion of the vehicle transparent material as the vehicle changes orientation with respect to the bright light; wherein the computer usable code is further configured for determining a tinting of the sunglasses and wherein the step of selectively changing transparency is modified by the determined tinting of the sunglasses. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A data processing system for dynamically changing transparency of a portion of a vehicle transparent material, the data processing system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory storing program instructions which, when executed by the processor, execute the steps of; determining a location of a bright light with respect to a vehicle; determining a driver location within the vehicle; determining a relative brightness of the bright light relative to ambient light; selectively changing transparency of a selected portion of the vehicle transparent material to obscure the bright light from the driver'"'"'s eyes while allowing a majority of the vehicle transparent material to remain normally transparent, wherein the amount of changed transparency is based on the relative brightness of the bright light; determining whether the driver is wearing sunglasses, wherein the step of selectively changing transparency is affected by a positive sunglasses determination; and repeating the above steps continually to adjust a location of the selected portion of the vehicle transparent material as the vehicle changes orientation with respect to the bright light; wherein the program instructions, when executed by the processor, further execute determining a tinting of the sunglasses and wherein the step of selectively changing transparency is modified by the determined tinting of the sunglasses. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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