| Active Lighting Systems |
| Over 1.7 million people have been injured and over 40000 people have died in road traffic accidents in the EU only in the year 2000. A large proportion of these accidents results from poor visual conditions. Analysis of the statistical data shows, that at night the risk of a lethal road traffic accident , is doubled. |
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| In recent years, many safety systems (e.g. ASP, ESP, Airbag, etc) have been developed. | ||
| Assistance systems such as Lane Change Assistant will warn the driver in dangerous situations. For the future, even systems which interpret the traffic situation and which take over control of the vehicle in critical situations, e.g. an automatic emergency brake, are thinkable. |
| Systems with advanced functionality arise in the branch of traffic lighting techniques as well. Based on today’s state of adaptive headlamps, there will be systems that adjust their light distribution collectively to the traffic situation, so that the road will be illuminated as efficiently as possible. Both, the range of vision for the driver will be improved and, simultaneously, the glare of other road participants will be reduced. | |
| The desire for specific adaption of the light distribution leads to complex concepts. The cornerstones of the development are sensors to monitor the space in front of the vehicle, manipulation of the optical components and development of new headlamp-concepts to build up a modular light distribution. In recent years numerous patents and demonstrators were introduced, demonstrating the feasibility of the active lighting systems. | |
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A short movieclip shows the active headlamp while driving at night. |
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