Because conventional curved mirrors placed on the road for safety require drivers and pedestrians to actively check the mirrors for oncoming vehicles and other traffic, a loss of attention due to driver fatigue and other causes often leads to accidents.
To address this problem, Kitamura Industry came up with the idea of having an LED display built inside the curved mirror to allow text appear to float in the mirror. This was developed into a product, which quickly grabs the attention of drivers to prevent accidents.
This product is a special magic mirror, inside of which is an LED device that illuminates when the motion sensor detects an approaching moving object. It is expected to be especially effective at blind corners where trucks and other vehicles come and go in parking structures and construction sites.
What’s more, because the LED uses stored electricity from a solar battery, there is no need to secure a power source.
Kitamura Industry is developing products to prevent shoplifting and illegal dumping by considering equipping a smaller mirror not only with built-in LED text but also a surveillance camera.