WESTON, Fla., Nov. 9, 2015 -- A Florida businessman has received a groundbreaking patent for a side-view mirror control system with no blind spots.
“This will allow better visibility when a driver looks through side mirrors when changing lanes, going in reverse or parallel parking’” said Seymour Setnor of Weston who owns the patent -- a technology breakthrough which he has dubbed the See More Switch. He said it offers “a perfect view.”
Setnor now holds patent 9010946 which he claims is a side mirror control system which is automatic in reverse or drive. Such a system – if placed on an automobile, bus or truck – would give a driver a view with no blind spots. “It’s the Holy Grail of blind spot technology,” he emphasizes.
Setnor said the system would soon be available for licensing or lease and said it should eventually be on all vehicles.
“The See More switch will give a driver better visibility and complete control,” adding that better visibility is important to the driver when changing lanes and during parallel parking.
“This will provide the driver with a perfect view to safely make a lane change in heavy traffic conditions. It uses a single flat mirror on both sides of the vehicle and is automatic in reverse or drive.”
Current and new vehicles utilize yesterday’s solutions, using monitors or radar-spotting sensors which are warning systems… not visibility systems. “While multiple mirrors can mislead a driver with distracted views, the See More switch system gives a driver a real identification of his vehicle in relation to other traffic. Even a camera lens can get dirty, wet, snowy, foggy or sunny and is not reliable when needed.
“While current systems on autos are for warnings, our system is for actual visibility,” Setnor claims. “With our system, you actually get complete visibility with no blind spots. This should substantially reduce accidents.”
Setnor cited U.S. Dept of Transportation figures which noted there were “approximately 539,000 two vehicle lane change crashes” annually and said distorted visibility is the probable cause “because you cannot judge distance when they still use fish eye and convex mirrors that indicates objects are closer than they appear on the passenger side mirror.”
Setnor – a retired insurance executive – said he created the See More switch system out of necessity in parking his two cars in his own garage. He said the driver can get a realistic view in traffic or parking.
The inventor said the system was ‘autonomous’ – in which there are two separate controls -- “one has no effect on the other.”
For direct contact with the inventor, call 954 806-0443 or by email at SSETNOR@AOL.COM.
CONTACT: Ronald Levitt, 1-954-349-2599, rlanetwork@gmail.com