Intelligent onboard TV system TELAN
Alexander Antonov · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2004
On-board television system TELAN includes one or several monitors with fragmented screen space (for example with liquid crystals), three and more small-sized video cameras (color and/or monochrome), adaptive means of their switching and, possibly, means of video recording. The means of adaptive switching provide automatic lead-out to the screen of the monitor of information, optimum for current transport situation. Advantages of such television system are: (1) practically circular review, i.e. absence of "blind/dead" zones; (2) substantial increase of safety of driving, as it allows to boost the rate of the proper response of driver in pre-emergency and other critical situations; (3) effective protection against blinding by headlights of the going behind and/or overtaking automobile; (4) high quality of the image even under bad conditions of supervision (for example in complete darkness, fog); (5) broad-range functionalities, including opportunity of automatic recording of pre-emergency conditions, automatic recording followed by the command of alarm system etc.