oops... (was Re: Nology)

[Sandy]

You would sell a lot in Scottsdale Arizona ;-). I was there on business,
and they had the Photo Radar BS things all over the place. I think they got
me in my rental car, just havent seen the ticket yet.  Really pissed me of
the more I thought about the whole thing, next thing you know I'll have a
camera on my front door making sure my socks match and then a printer at
the end of the walkway to pick up my fine.

Sandy

At 10:15 AM 12/31/96 -0900, you wrote:
>I like your idea of an LCD screen similar to the expensive welding hoods. The
>opaquing action would not have to outrun the light, only go dark before the 
>camera
>lens had collected sufficient light. Anybody know the shutter speed used?
>
>Maybe, instead of going completely opaque, we can display large text, light 
>on a
>dark background... the camera could be induced to record some appropriate 
>expletive,
>instead of the license number ;-}
>
>Mos wrote:
>
>> An option I have been exploring was to use an LCD panel infront of the
>> number plate which turns opaque when it detects a flash. I've seen things
>> like that used on welding goggles, but I'm wondering whether it would be
>> fast enough to activate in the case of a flash? How fast are the slave
>> flash units? Would they activate before the light from the flash reaches
>> the camera?
>> The LCD would in reality need to activate before the light reached the
>> number plate. If the sensor is mounted on the bumper, considering light
>> travels at around 3e+8m/s it doesn't leave much time for the LCD to
>> activate, but since it's been done with welding goggles I guess it could
>> work...
>> Just a thought..
>>