Night Vision?

[aldive]

Has anyone seen/used the night vision feature in the new Caddy's?

Wonder if such a thing can be added as an aftermarket device to our trucks.

Your thoughts, please......

 

[aldive]

Originally posted by aldive
Has anyone seen/used the night vision feature in the new Caddy's?

Wonder if such a thing can be added as an aftermarket device to our trucks.

Your thoughts, please......

Take a look at Caddys version at http://www.reviewsonline.com/auto/NITEVIS.htm

 

[JoeC5]

I have. I am currently in college, so I work part time at a restaurant as valet parking. Well the new caddy came in with it and I got to park it. It is pretty cool how it works. I was impressed. The night vision display is very clear.

 

[aldive]

Originally posted by JoeC5
I have. I am currently in college, so I work part time at a restaurant as valet parking. Well the new caddy came in with it and I got to park it. It is pretty cool how it works. I was impressed. The night vision display is very clear.

Night vision is like magic, I will never forget the first demo of it I had at the Miami Boat Show many years ago. Impressive.

 

[Stephen]

Nah, I didnt like the night vision. Too hard to focus on, annoying.

 

[bigDerk]

My dad has the "night vision" (actual term for it is the "heads up display") on his 01 'Vette (Torch red 'vert, 6spd), and I love it! He let me drive it a couple weeks ago, and I must say there isn't a thing about that car I don't like. The h.u.d. is a pretty sweet option, helps you to keep your eyes on the road when you're doing some "performance driving", as my dad calls it.

I'm sure it would take extensive planning and design work, not to mention you'd have to get a windshield that is more reflective like the Caddy/Vette setup, mount it in the dash and manage to get the right angle of projection.... sounds like a handful to me. The only way I can see it as an advantage for us ("us" meaning Explorer owners who frequently offroad) would be to keep an eye on engine temps and other guages, who needs a speedometer when you're offroad?

 

[IgotTwo]

You don't need a Caddy to be in the night vision game.
I hear the "Roose Keys" have a lot of military surplus night vision equipment out there on the market. Strap one of those bad boys on your visor.
Almost the same effect.... it could work?

 

[wilk1]

Ruskee

Well considering that the Russian Nightvision Device can't maintain quality at highspeed (and lacks any sense of depth perception), I would say that would be an adventure.

 

[IgotTwo]

That's why the Russian through in the towel... they knew they didn't have a chance in the European theatre cause all The NATO tanks were a blur after 6:00 PM.
Sounds good at least?

 

[Stephen]

Derek, the Night Vision on the Cadillac Deville DTS and the Heads Up Display on your fathers Corvette are different. The Night Vision projects an image of the road illuminated with ultraviolet light, like a night vision camera, ahead onto the windshield while on the Vette is just displayes speed, etc.

 

[aldive]

Originally posted by IgotTwo
You don't need a Caddy to be in the night vision game.
I hear the "Roose Keys" have a lot of military surplus night vision equipment out there on the market. Strap one of those bad boys on your visor.
Almost the same effect.... it could work?

This would be very ineffective with high level of ambient light, eg, oncomming headlights.

Question: does the GM/Caddy system have ambient light cancelling circuitry? How does it deal with ambient light?

 

[Alec]

The Caddy uses infrared technology: seeing heat. Other night vision equipment uses light amplification technology, amplifying ambient light through that green crystal lens.

 

[aldive]

Originally posted by Alec
The Caddy uses infrared technology: seeing heat. Other night vision equipment uses light amplification technology, amplifying ambient light through that green crystal lens.

How does the Caddy unit differentiate between heat sources, eg, a small animal or a notor vechicle?

Thanks for your input...

 

[Alec]

The "camera" is sensitive and can detect the boundaries between the objects easily. From what I've seen, the image looks like an inverted black and white video image. Hot objects are white while dark objects are black. Everything else is somewhere between.

Another example of this technology is when you see a helicopter video of a night police chase. News and police choppers often use therman imaging to film and track these chases.

 

[Stephen]

INFARED! Thats the word I was looking for.

 

[Blake D]

I can't remember which magazine I saw it in but Lincoln (I think?) was looking at nightvision in sonar style, (can't rember what they called it exactly but this was the concept) because the caddy's night vision can' see things like rocks or trees in the road, especially if they've been there a while because they become same temp as the road. The "sonar " version bounces signals off objects and is used in combination with infared to produce the best "night vision" . Has anyone else heard of this or was I the only one to read this article in my dentist's office ?

 

[bigDerk]

Originally posted by Stephen
Derek, the Night Vision on the Cadillac Deville DTS and the Heads Up Display on your fathers Corvette are different. The Night Vision projects an image of the road illuminated with ultraviolet light, like a night vision camera, ahead onto the windshield while on the Vette is just displayes speed, etc.

Ahhh... that's right. I remember that now. Thanks for calling my bad

Now that it's been clarified for me, I do think that could be a sweet addition, it'd definitely help out in nighttime offroading trips!

 

[Stephen]

Naa, it really doesnt work. HID headlights are a much better nightime solution.

 

[Exploder99]

Originally posted by JoeC5
I have. I am currently in college, so I work part time at a restaurant as valet parking. Well the new caddy came in with it and I got to park it. It is pretty cool how it works. I was impressed. The night vision display is very clear.

Im a valet too so get to test out all of the goodies. in fact, sat night i got to play with a ferrari 550 maranello. =) i was too nervous to enjoy myself though, vipers are more fun. anyway, the night vision is cool but i see it as another electrica problem in the future.

Stephen: Admit it. your LS spoiled you. =)

 

[Stephen]

Oh yes, the LS400 has definately spoiled me. Very few cars seem nice when compared to it nowadays. To drive something like a Lincoln or a Cadillac, which I used to think were the best of the best, feels like driving a Ford or a Chevy respectively after driving the Lexus. I drove a new S500 all day yesterday, and to baltimore (40 miles) and back this morning. When I got back in my LS400 I thought it'd feel old, nope. Its still incredibly smooth and comfortable, not a creak, not a rattle. Still cant hear the engine or the road. You'd never know it had 86,000 miles on it unless you looked at the odometer. The exterior and interior still look brand new.

Nothing ages like a Lexus, I could drive this thing for 200,000 miles and not be dissapointed in it probably.