Rear view camera removes 'blind spot'

New rear-view mirrors can eliminate "blind spots" in traffic without distorting the distance of incoming vehicles.

Rear-view mirror (image c) and new glass (photo d) - (Photo: Optics Letters)

A report in Optics Letters describes the design of a special rearview mirror, which allows the driver to have a wide view of the image and to show the exact size of the incoming object.

According to Gizmag, the spherical mirror, often used as a rearview mirror of a variety of vehicles, tends to shrink the object to its actual size, as well as make it look farther.

That is why the rear view mirror or the warning text: 'The object in the glass is actually closer than the eye.'

According to Hocheol Lee of National University of Hanbat (Korea), the car's glass design is a curved surface, with an interior to look away and the outside area for close-up view, aiming to eliminate 'blind spots' ( two quarter corners behind the car).

Such a design would help broaden the field of vision, allow for deeper, more true visuals, and eliminate the "blind spots" of drivers.