oops... (was Re: Nology)

[Bruce Plecan]

-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy <sganz at wgn.net>
To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Friday, January 01, 1999 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: oops... (was Re: Nology)

Everthing was fine till ya mentioned socks, now Grumpy, Doc, Sleepy, and
Dopey
are all PO'd.  I hate when that happens, last time weapons cleaning took
place
shortly there after.
Happy Hew Year's from CSH, HQ
Bruce, and the Staff


>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..
>>>
>