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SONY'S NEW REARVISION (TM) TV SYSTEM HELPS HEAVY TRUCK AND VEHICLE OPERATORS WATCH THEIR BACKS,' REDUCE DRIVING WORRIES
News Release
, MONTVALE, NJ
, November 30, 1992
Sony Corporation of America
Corporate Communications Department
Sony
Drive
Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656
(201)930-6432
Contact: Gerrie
Schmidt
Sony Corporation of America
(201)930-7454
Tom Rooney/David
Boxembaum
Ketchum Public Relations
(212)536-8854
(212)536-8831
SONY'S NEW REARVISION (TM) TV SYSTEM HELPS
HEAVY TRUCK AND
VEHICLE OPERATORS WATCH THEIR BACKS,'
REDUCE DRIVING WORRIES
Sony Cameras Enhance Low-Light Visibility
MONTVALE, NJ,
November 30, 1992-- Heavy truck and vehicle operators
who commonly face the anxieties of "blind
spots," tight-space
maneuvering, passing small cars at night and negotiating wide turns,
will
benefit from the enhanced low-light visibility and larger-screen
view offered by Sony Corporation of
America's new RVTV (TM)
RearVision (TM) camera/monitor system.
Sony's
RearVision System (model no. YM-X7RVAM) provides drivers with
full rear views on a wide-
angle, dash-mounted monitor that reveals
possible dangers side-mounted mirrors might miss. The
system
includes: one (or two) compact, high-sensitivity all-weather cameras;
a high-contrast,
seven-inch non-glare-screen monitor; and equipment
such as carnera microphone, a monitor hood,
water-resistant cable and
screen perspective guideline stickers.
NEW VISION FOR
TIGHT SPACES
Views displayed on the new RearVision System facilitate backing
into
tight spaces and provide early wariing of routine driving hazards
such as motorcycles,
bicycles, tail-gaters and cars passing through a
driver's "blind spot." A microphone built in to the
camera lets the
deiver hear all the camera sees, including spoken directions,
approaching
vehicles and early warnings of theft or vandalism.
NEW LOW-LIGHT SENSITIVE
CAMERA
Sony's new SSC-520AM camera features enhanced light sensitivity for
clear
image quality even in extreme low-light conditions. Sony has
enhanced its solid-state CCD (Charge
Coupled Device) imaging system
with an advanced HyperHAD (TM) sensor to capture a
maximum amount of
light. A tiny light-focusing lens positioned over each lens pixel
gathers,
concentrates and focuses incoming light precisely toward
the photosensor's active imaging area.
Overall sensitivity is
dramatically increased, revealing marginal-light details
previous
cameras might have missed.
In addition, Sony's HyperHAD CCD technology
minimizes the vertical
smear or "blooming" effect reducing the distortion that results
from
high-intensity light sources in low light conditions.
Other features of the camera
include a wide-angle lens that provides
a viewing angle of 100 degrees horizontally and 80 degrees
vertically.
A single-cable connection links power, video and audio unobtrusively
to the dash-
mounted monitor.
LARGE HIGH-CONTRAST MONITOR
Sony's new RVTV
RearVision system also features a large SSM-721AMR 7"
B/W monitor. The monitor features
easily accessible controls and a
high-contrast image to provide more visual information with less
eye
fatigue.
Designed for mounting in motor vehicles, the monitor includes a non-
glare screen and hood, and camera controls to switch from one camera
to an optional second
camera. Features also include: a built-in
speaker to receive camera audio signals, extra-sharp 380-
line picture
resolution to reveal small details, a mirror-image view that
duplicates the familiar
perspective of the rear view mirror, and
automatic back-up, which turns on the camera whenever
reverse gear is
selected by the driver. The monitor operates on 12 volt/24 volt DC
input, with
very low power consumption.
The Sony RVTV RearVision system is currently available and
has a
suggested list price of $1,200.00
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