Thursday, August 04, 2016

Gentex Intelligent Mirrors

Automotive mirror manufacturer Gentex presents a number of products based on its proprietary CMOS sensors at its 2016 Investor and Analyst Day:

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  1. What's the difference between this one and the thousand others that are out there alike

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    1. Gentex say they've designed their own image sensor for that.

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    2. Probably they worked with a design house, like they did back in the Photobit days. (Actually they were a strategic investor in Photobit and a great company to partner with).

      In cars, owning certain parts of the car territory is key to becoming a tier 1 supplier. In Gentex's case, they own the mirror and it has become an instrumentation hub. There are only a few major mirror suppliers in the automotive industry. Gentex developed the first electrochromic dimming mirrors way back, and have been copied by their competitors such as Donnelly (now Magna).

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