Koito have won a Medal for New Technology for their achievement in development and mass production of their BladeScan® ADB system.
This award is bestowed by JSME, the Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers, for technologies that have contributed to the Japanese economy by developing breakthrough new products and improving quality and productivity. JSME is Japan’s largest academic organisation for the purpose of encouraging the development of mechanical engineering in Japan.
This is the first time for Koiot to win this prize. The BladeScan system uses a scanning method that puts LED light onto two spinning blade-mirrors to provide a morphing headlight beam by using persistence of vision (the residual image effect) for the first time in the world.
With this method, by turning 12 LEDs on and off in line with the rotation of blade mirrors, a high-resolution light distribution is produced—it’s equivalent to 300 LEDs in a system without spinning mirrors—and the deglared zone is minimised for optimal precision and maximum driver visibility. The system enables to illuminate vicinity of oncoming vehicles and preceding vehicles or an area between them, and helps driver to early detect crossing pedestrians, thus contributing to nighttime traffic safety.
Koito are committed to further pursue cutting-edge technologies and to develop customer-first products to enhance the safety and comfort of motoring society. The winners by specific name are Naoki Takii, Satoshi Yamamura, Hidetada Tanaka, Yasuyuki Kato, and Kazutoshi Sakurai.
