Rear Parking Sensors & Backup Cameras
An Overview of how Backup Cameras Work
A tiny camera mounts on the rear of your vehicle, many times near the license plate, and uses advanced signal processing to produce natural looking images from a wide angle lens. That means that the typical fish-eye looking images you see on wide angle cameras are normal and natural looking with the camera. The system is activated once the car’s transmission is in reverse and then the camera sends an image to a monitor located in the vehicle that can be easily seen by the driver.
License Plate Frame cameras are now available! This design integrates a rear vision camera with your vehicle license plate. The design is so discreet that you will hardly know it is there. The color camera is fully waterproof with a wide 170-degree angle lens. The top of the license plate holds the camera and can be adjusted up or down for the best viewing angle, giving a good quality color picture of what is behind your vehicle or trailer. Choose from two color options; Chrome or Matte Black.
We also offer rear view cameras for trailers. If you would like to see what is behind your trailer, we can help. Plus if you want to know what is going on inside the trailer, say for horses, we can install cameras inside as well. Call or email us to schedule an appointment to look at your trailer. We can customize a system to fit your needs.
Backup parking sensors are standard equipment on some of the more expensive vehicles currently on the market. Now every driver can benefit from the same safety features as the more expensive trim level vehicles by protecting their investment with backup parking sensors. An installed backup parking sensor system helps drivers backup their vehicles with confidence and safety by signaling the presence of objects that might otherwise be unseen … Objects that could potentially cause extensive vehicle damage, or even personal injury. This product is a very effective tool for collision avoidance. We are happy to provide this service for customers from all over the state of Maryland and into Pennsylvania, inlcuding Westminster, Eldersburg, Sykesville, Finksburg, Baltimore, Owings Mills, Hampstead, Littlestown and Hanover. We offer backup cameras as well, which incorporate a monitor visible to the driver, and a camera on the rear of the vehicle. Monitors come in many different styles including stand alone monitors, and replacement mirrors.
Customer Highlight
Below are pictures of front and rear parking sensors installed in a 2009 Ford Mustang. Along with the parking sensors we installed a license plate mounted camera and rearview monitor.
The danger of blind spots
Every year, children are injured and killed because drivers (in some cases, parents) don’t see them while backing up. According to KIDS AND CARS (www.kidsandcars.org), a nonprofit group that works to improve child safety around cars, at least 50 children are injured because of this every week in the United States. Forty-eight are treated in hospital emergency rooms and at least 2 children die.
An Overview of How Parking Sensors Work
When in reverse or drive, the 2 rear and/or front sensors installed in the bumper send ultrasonic sound waves that bounce off objects. An audible warning is given to the driver regarding the distance of those objects. We sell Echomaster parking sensor kits as they are the finest on the market. They use a patented technology that sends out and receives back signals 40 thousand times per second. Their software then extrapolates the data and determines positive and negative detection. In simple terms, their product works much better. When you get close to an object here is what happens;
- 6 – 7 Feet: Short beeps
- 2 – 3 Feet: Longer beeps
- 1.5 Feet: Continuous beep
Contact us for more information or to request a quote.