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.

A Visit to Marelli Automotive Lighting HQ

During my visit to Reutlingen, Marelli Automotive Lighting presented their developments on laser technologies, ADB and road marking with digital light, standard modules, electronics, and sensors. Today I present this summary of what they showed me, as well as my impressions during the night drive demonstrations they kindly arranged for me. Laser After the first…

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ZKW Integrates LG’s Taillight Business

Last month ZKW Group established a branch near Seoul in Incheon, Korea, and are integrating the rear light business of LG Electronics and the development centre and sales offices. In addition, ZKW is integrating the rear light production of LG Electronics in Ningbo, China. The aim is to further expand business in the Korean automotive…

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CES 2020 report

CES, the massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, increasingly caters for the long-run concepts in the reimagining of mobility. Key takeaways from this year’s show: • There were some…

TDK Invest in SLD

Japan-based electronics giant TDK have made an investment from a USD $50m fund into SLD Laser, a company started by blue/white LED inventor Dr. Shuji Nakamura to develop GaN materials and commercialise laser-based light sources. TDK Ventures commented that “SLD Laser fulfills [our] mission targeting innovation in materials science, energy/power and related areas typically underrepresented…

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 Plessey: Latest µLED Technologies at CES

Plessy Semiconductor demonstrated several new microLED technologies at CES. – Head Up Display (HUD) for automotive applications, that is based on a 0.7″ blue monochrome MicroLED display: – Display of a native red InGaN microLED. First time this display was demonstrated: – Sample of the company’s new segmented microdisplay technology with 0.3″ full-color made from blue…

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Marelli Headlight Module is PACE Award Finalist

The h-Digi® lighting module from Marelli Automotive Lighting has been named a PACE Award finalist for 2020. It’s the first lighting innovation of its kind, incorporating a chip containing 1.3 million micro-mirrors that provide glare-free high beam and image projection on the road. h-Digi® stands to elevate the effect vehicle lighting could have on driver safety…

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2020 Sapphire Awards: Illumineer finalists

LEDs Magazine communicated the finalists for the Illumineer of the Year award. Illumineer of the Year submissions are individuals or teams nominated by colleagues to bring attention to groundbreaking efforts in R&D, product design, and leadership in applying engineering expertise to commercial successes in the LED and SSL industry. Innovation lies at the heart of…

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Aisin, Vayyar in Radar Pact

Tier-1 supplier Aisin Seiki and 4D imaging sensor technology company Vayyar Imaging are collaborating to provide high resolution SRR (short-range radar) for exterior vehicle sensing. The partnership will combine Aisin’s in-vehicle system expertise with Vayyar’s 4D high-resolution SRR to develop exterior sensing capabilities for vehicles, such as blind spot detection for low-speed driving support. By…

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