Apart from display applications, Micro LED has also been adopted for automotive lighting to create innovative applications including projecting images, road marks and other information to enhance safety. Japan-based Nichia have partnered with Infineon to develop a HD light engine (shown here) with more than 16,000 microLEDs for automotive headlight applications. Osram have begun developing…
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Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.