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Hector Fratty
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IAL congress started yesterday
Intelligent Automotive Lighting congress organized by IQPC started yesterday at Frankfurt. 80 people attended the conference.
After an introduction lecture of Alexander Von Hoffmann, presenting the main LED optical concepts, 6 interesting lectures were presented:
– Roy Bours project manager at TNO presented the HIS, Intelligent Headlight System, with the complex combination of sensors, electronics, controls, actuators and lighting systems.
He presented at the end of the lecture one example of an innovative HIS: “The Light Barrier Assist” system which projects a red bar on the road in front of vehicle to warm the driver for a possible collision.
– Thorsten Warwel, Ford Supervisor Global Core Exterior Lighting Engineering presented LED headlamps for B-car after showing Ford strategy sorted by car range and countries.
We understood that many things about LED headlamp are in development at Ford, but Thorsten did not want to give too much information on it.
Our guess: we should expect a LED headlamp in B segment in the 2012-2013.
DVN hopes more information in the next 2 months.
– Martin Royer at NXP Semiconductors presented the LED electronic drivers which will be more and more important in LED headlamp development.
He first explained what a light control module needs to provide (flexibility, integration, and system networking).
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Brandenburg GPUtrace: Fast Auto Light Simulation
Brandenburg have released what they say is the world’s first effective commercially-available GPU Ray Tracing Simulation tool, called GPUtrace ,
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Hella Lights Up the New Audi A6
After the introduction of the world´s first full LED headlamp with AFS function in the Audi A8, Audi now present innovative lighting technology in their new A6. Despite the tight packaging space,
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Japan: Koito sees margins decline in Q3
Japanese automotive lighting supplier Koito Manufacturing has announced financial results for the third quarter of its current fiscal year, which ends on 31 March 2011,
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EVs Top Beneficiaries of LED Lighting: Osram
Osram say “micro-hybrids” or mild hybrids, which feature engine stop/start mechanisms to boost the efficiency of conventional vehicles, will benefit the most from the reduced
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Magneti-Marelli Revenue Up 19% in ’10
Magneti-Marelli’s revenue for the final quarter of 2010 was €1.446m, up 13% from the €1.28m reported in the same quarter of 2009. The Q4 revenue total took full-year 2010 revenue
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Valeo 2010 Patent Filings: New Record
Valeo filed a record 612 initial patents in 2010, over 20% more than the average of the past five years. This places Valeo among the top patent filers in France.
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VW Concept-o-rama at Geneva Show
Volkswagen Group will use next month’s Geneva auto show to display up to seven concept cars. It’s a move that clearly shows the German giant believe they have the design depth
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Instrument Systems Win Big Korean Order, Hire Expert
Instrument Systems, the German test and measurement specialist based in Munich, have received a multimillion-Euro order from Korean LED maker LG Innotek for CAS
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