Topic: 2019 JDM Lexus ES has Digital Outer Mirrors

[OliverD]

And they look like crap, inside and out. 

Lexus Digital Outer Mirror Debuts on the New ES This October

• Lexus will offer the world's first* Digital Outer Mirrors to be equipped on a mass-produced vehicle.
• The Digital Outer Mirrors show what is on the left, right and rear of the car, displaying the camera's images on a monitor inside the cabin. They provide enhanced views of the area around the car at night and in inclement weather.
• The Digital Outer Mirrors offer an expanded view of the car's surrounding by augmenting the display area during turns or when backing up.
• The system's small cameras result in better forward visibility (no large side mirrors to block the view) and reduction of wind noise.

TOKYO, Japan (September 12, 2018)―Lexus announces its introduction of the world' first Digital Ouer Mirrors on the new ES.

By installing small exterior cameras on the front doors, Lexus vehicles will provide its drivers with a clearer view of the vehicle's surrounding area. The cameras in the Digital Outer Mirrors transmit the images onto 5-inch display monitors located inside the cabin at the base of the front pillars. Another advantage the Digital Outer Mirrors have over their conventional counterparts is that they are shaped to resist the accumulation of raindrops and snow, leaving the driver's view unaffected.

The system automatically enhances the corresponding area―left, right or behind―when the turn signals are activated, or when the transmission is put into reverse. The view of areas around the car can be manually enhanced by the driver to obtain complete peripheral awareness of the area around the vehicle. By replacing the vehicle's conventional side mirrors with small cameras, side mirrors no longer block the view outside the front windows, resulting in improved visibility. Wind noise has also been reduced, resulting in a quieter cabin.

The digital mirrors will make their debut on the new ES, which will go on sale in late October. At this time, the Digital Outer Mirrors will only be available in Japan.

*Based on Sept 2018 Lexus research

The upcoming Audi e-tron has them too, but at least on the interior they're much better integrated.

[revalations]

Looks weird. May as well get used to it though.

[johngenx]

Technological solution to a problem that doesn't exist.  The simple mirror glass works fine.

[tpl]

In both cases , those two cars, I would have put the mirror just as a little nubbin above the front of the door and a second one at the back of the rear seat window. Then a bit of image manipulation to give a correct picture of what is happening beside and at the back.  Those cameras on stalks are both ugly and easy to break.
Of course there may be some archaic State regulation about mirrors having to stick out like ears.


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[quadzilla]

The system's small cameras result in better forward visibility (no large side mirrors to block the view) and reduction of wind noise.

Yet they add this extra monitor?

[rrocket]

Uggggg..

[dkaz]

Uggggg..

How dare you speak in vain to your lord and savious Toyota/Lexus.   

[rrocket]

Uggggg..

How dare you speak in vain to your lord and savious Toyota/Lexus.   

You know how I feel about stuck on iPads...

[dkaz]

Uggggg..

How dare you speak in vain to your lord and savious Toyota/Lexus.   

You know how I feel about stuck on iPads...

These are more stuck on iPhones than iPads. 

[Gurgie]

 

[rrocket]

Uggggg..

How dare you speak in vain to your lord and savious Toyota/Lexus.   

You know how I feel about stuck on iPads...

These are more stuck on iPhones than iPads. 

Close enough to elicit an Ugggggg...

[ChaosphereIX]

yep, another innovation for innovation's sake...

because it is all about the gadgets these days and infotainment - even journalists are listing the gadgets first and..."oh yeah the powertrain and the drive, must mention that...I forgot"

Just like the stupid FCA shifter and the electronic shifters that needlessly complicate things - what the hell was wrong with PRNDL shifters that clicked into position etc.

[rrocket]

I don't think this will complicate using mirrors...you're still looking left and right.

Unlike the whole learning how to use a new shifter thing.

It's not aesthetically pleasing which is my issue.

I like the idea though.

Why not just have the images appear in the center stack though....

[Fobroader]

Technological solution to a problem that doesn't exist.  The simple mirror glass works fine.

Yup, instead of paying under $100 for a mirror, it will be thousands.

[rrocket]

Technological solution to a problem that doesn't exist.  The simple mirror glass works fine.

Yup, instead of paying under $100 for a mirror, it will be thousands.

I'm guessing it could be less. They make tiny eyeball cameras that you can control anywhere in the world with your cell phone for $50 FFS....

[Ex-airbalancer]

Technological solution to a problem that doesn't exist.  The simple mirror glass works fine.

Yup, instead of paying under $100 for a mirror, it will be thousands.

I'm guessing it could be less. They make tiny eyeball cameras that you can control anywhere in the world with your cell phone for $50 FFS....

You forgot to add on sealer and manufacturers markup 

[Fobroader]

Technological solution to a problem that doesn't exist.  The simple mirror glass works fine.

Yup, instead of paying under $100 for a mirror, it will be thousands.

I'm guessing it could be less. They make tiny eyeball cameras that you can control anywhere in the world with your cell phone for $50 FFS....

Uh huh....like AB said, when you add on OEM bend over tax and stealership take it dry tax....it won't be $50.