New Lighting Functions: DVN Study Coming in September
Complex new needs for safety and style have broken the ice toward great innovations in vehicle lighting. That’s why DVN started working last January on a study of the new…
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Hector Fratty
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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.
Sneak Preview: DVN Global Market Study
The last decade was very rich in innovation for vehicle lighting with the ADB breakthrough, quickly followed by more refined matrix versions; the democratisation of LED lighting, new laser and…
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CarVisionLight: Camera Inside Headlamps
As part of the industrial research project “CarVisionLight”, ZKW are coöperating with the Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centred Technology at the Technical University of Vienna and Emotion-3D. The idea…
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Vantablack for Unique Vehicle Lighting Designs
At the Frankfurt Motor Show the world’s first (and so far only known) vehicle finished in Vantablack® VBx2 coating was shown—a collaboration between BMW and Surrey Nanosystems, whose “Vantablack” is…
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Kyocera, Osram Develop µLED Tech for AR Devices
Kyocera and Osram are reportedly working on a new hybrid current and PWM microLED display driving technology. The new strategy can be used to avoid using lower pixel currents through microLED…
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Covid-19 Boosts µLED Market
The Covid-19 pandemic could see a key change in the supply chain for display technology, with a boost for microLED displays. That’s according to a new report from IDTechEx. Involving…
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Velodyne Lidar + Kaarta Cloud = Stunning 3D Maps
Velodyne Lidar have announced Kaarta Cloud® exclusively supports Velodyne’s lidar sensors. Kaarta’s new cloud-based application is a platform to process, store, and share 3D spaces. Paired with high-quality lidar to…
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Volvo is Tops in Advanced Tech: Survey
Volvo ranks № 1 overall as well as № 1 for luxury brands in the J.D. Power Tech Experience Index Study. Tesla comes in second—an unofficial result due to a…
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Beijing Auto Show Confirmed
The Beijing auto show is set to begin in late September in the Chinese capital. The country’s biggest auto show will run from 26 September through 5 October, with media…
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Crash Simulations Pave Toyota’s Path to Safety
How much safer are AVs? When Toyota set about finding out, they made some interesting discoveries. Even when every vehicle was given every available ADAS technology, Toyota calculated a 54%…
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