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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.
VISION Congress Coming Soon
VISION 2016 will be held this coming October 13th and 14th at the Cité des Sciences in Paris, a place totally dedicated to technologies. The new venue should set a…
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VISION Congress: Latest Information
Members of the VISION steering committee, at their meeting last week, defined the program and the organisation of the congress which will be held this October 13th and 14th at the Cité des Sciences in Paris for the conference and in Mortefontaines, close to Charles de Gaulle airport, for the night drives.
Thursday 13 October, 2016
GENERAL TOPICS
Chairman Kamislav Fadel – Hella
– Wilks, Hella… ……Next lighting generation: From static light pattern to light movies
– Wagner, AL… ……Different Headlamp Beam Rating Tests – An Attempt to reflect Car Driver’s Needs?
– Fleury, Valeo……… Anti-Glare Active Glasses
General discussion
GLARE AND VISIBILITY
Chairman Laurent Serezat – Groupe PSA
– Hartmann, ZKW…Assistive illumination, light-dynamics and expected driver’s perception.
– Graciani, ELS……… Cognitive models of lighting beams
– Lee, University… …Spectral dependence of visibility under adverse weather condition
– Kobbert, TUD……Estimation of glare load from small illuminance peaks in real life driving situations
General discussion
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New A5 from Audi
Audi’s newest A5 was unveiled last week and will go on sale in Europe starting in the autumn. DVN has had the opportunity to analyse the lights on the new car.
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LEDs will Expand Exponentially: Neumann
Rainer Neumann, the famed vehicle lighting engineer and cinematographer, started his lecture at the DVN Tokyo Workshop with discussion of front lighting technology
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Hella to Exit Street, Airport, Industrial Lighting Markets
Hella will sell off their street, airport, and industrial lighting activities, saying these business areas contributed less than one percent to total group sales
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Varroc Demonstrates ADB
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Varroc Lighting Systems demonstrated their glare-free high-beam technology for media recently.
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Honda to Boost Smart Tech R&D
Honda have announced plans to further strengthen their research and development of intelligent technologies. A new Honda R&D Innovation Lab will be established
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Renault-Nissan Fish for Talent in Silicon Valley
Renault-Nissan will begin hiring at least 300 tech experts this month, joining other automakers in trying to lure staff away from Silicon Valley. Most recruits will be
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21 Million Autonomobiles by ’35: IHS
21 million fully and semi-autonomous vehicles will be sold globally by 2035, according to a study from IHS Automotive released today. The U.S. is expected to lead the way
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