Adaptive shading window

Abstract

A vehicle has at least one window with an electrochromic coating. This window is subdivided into a set of pixels. A driver-facing camera defines a field of view that includes the driver's position. A control unit includes a gaze and pose monitoring module and a pixel shading control module. The control unit communicates with the driver-facing camera and is coupled to the window. The pixel shading control module is configured to identify the position of at least one object reflected by the driver's eye, map the identified position of the object onto at least one pixel in the set of pixels, and cause the electrochromic coating to darken that pixel.

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