Truck-Lite Goes to Video for Blind Spots

Truck-Lite says its High Performance Video System gives drivers extra eyes to view critical areas around their vehicles day or night. The 5-1/2-inch screen is green phosphor; the eye picks up more subtle shadings with this color, for better image comprehension. Contrast can be adjusted to provide a greater range of tone definition in any weather or lighting condition: rain, fog, sunlight and night.

The company says the system’s camera discriminates between subtle shadings and eliminates light bloom, a halo effect caused in other cameras by direct sunlight. Multiple cameras can offer full vision from a number of wide-angle cameras. Switching can be manual or automatic. The cameras pick up light levels as low as 0.5 lux, making the system useful in virtually dark conditions, the company adds. They also function well in direct sunlight. Housings are adjustable and cables are all heavy-duty and field-serviceable.