Light shielding device for vehicle that shields light from outside the vehicle
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United States of America
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Feb 11, 2020
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Dec 21, 2017
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Jun 12, 2017
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Jun 12, 2017
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Abstract
A vehicular sun visor includes a light shielding unit having a plurality of liquid crystal panels each of which enables a transmittance to be changed, and a sensor unit. The sensor unit includes a housing having a front wall part and a rear wall part, a pinhole formed on the front wall part, and a plurality of light receiving elements that are provided on the rear wall part and adapted to receive light passing through the pinhole. The plurality of liquid crystal panels are adapted to change a light transmittance based on light-receiving states of the plurality of light receiving elements each of which is associated with each of the liquid crystal panels.
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- 2017 Application Filing Year
- B60J Class
- 1040 Applications Filed
- 779 Patents Issued To-Date
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