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Read this exclusive presentation by Shammika Wickramasinghe, Technical Specialist – Exterior Lighting at Jaguar Land Rover in the United Kingdom on the topic of "Future aspects of intelligent automotive lighting"

Surface light source with lambertian light distribution. Is it advantage or challenge for exterior lighting in the automotive industry? What are the possibilities to control the light from LED and OLED? What are the different OLED types and what are the different design possibilities?

Understanding these issues are vital in the development of future automotive lighting, to help understand these questions - Tomas Gloss, R&D Signal Lighting Team Leader from Varroc Lighting Systems in the Czech Republic, gave an exclusive interview to Automotive IQ and made this exclusive presentation on the topic of "Diffractive optics for automotive exterior lighting". Download here.

Whilk Goncalves, Head of Innovation in Lighting and Signalisation at PSA Peugeot Citroën in France made this exclusive presentation on the topic of: "Future Trends of Automotive Lighting".

The presentation covers the following:

• New trends on intelligent front lighting systems
• Front lighting
• Adaptive driving beam
• ADAS
• Safety and driving

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Tomas Gloss, R&D Signal Light Team Leader & Technical Fellow from Varroc Lighting Systems in the Czech Republic, made this exclusive presentation on the topic of: "Diffractive optics for automotive exterior lighting".

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The redesign of the exterior lighting setup has enabled engineers to create new styles and shapes to add distinctive brand character to to their vehicles.Expand your knowledge within this area, with this exclusive free presentation by Peer-Phillip Ley, Research Assistant Institute of Product Development at the Leibniz University Hannover in Germany on the topic of: "DMD-based high-resolution headlamp system".

The presentation covers the following:

• Strategies and potential of high-resolution headlamps
• Generation of light distributions using DMD
• System optimization with beam-shaping
• Test results of prototype

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Dr. Peter Hartmann, R&D Funding Manager Group Research and Innovation at ZKW Group GmbH in Austria made this exclusive presentation on the topic of: ""Eye-tracking studies to characterize the influence of ADB specific light dynamics on perception and attention".

The presentation covers the following:

• Light-induced dynamics
• High resolution headlamp
• Visual attention
• Eye-tracking during night drive

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• The future of exterior lighting
• Is automotive exterior lighting moving towards autonomy
• Sensors and lighting

Expand your knowledge on this area, with this exclusive presentation by Sebastian Schüler at Daimler AG in Germany on the topic of: "Daylight+ - Additional biologically active light and its impact on truck drivers under real-life conditions".

In the presentation you will learn:

• Theoretical background of biologically active light
• Research study in Finland
• Evaluation tools: Technical, psychological, physiological
• Results & conclusion

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Automotive lighting, both exterior and interior, has seen sweeping changes over the last five to ten years with the introduction of LED and OLED technologies. The flexibility of the tech has created many new design possibilities, enabling functional and aesthetic improvements in a number of different ways.

Expand your knowledge within this area, with this exclusive free presentation by Whilk Gonçalves, Head of Innovation in Lighting and Signalization at PSA Group in France on the topic of: "Optimization of pixel light beams".

ADB systems have greatly evolved in the last years from systems using dozens of segments or pixels, towards high definition projectors displaying thousands or millions of pixels, well adapted for symbols projection. We present the PSA Group strategy for optimizing those systems to different levels of complexity, depending on resolution, to different impacts to the car systems (electronics, CAN communication, and projection strategies).

The Presentation focuses on:

• Best Practice Example from PSA

• The potential of ADB systems for vehicle to pedestrian communication

• An holistic analysis of optimized ADB system

Exterior lighting today is highly regulated, putting limits to the exterior lighting designers, as well as engineers. The situation is with interior lighting, where the designers do not face great regulations in the most parts of the world. During the workshop at the Intelligent Automotive Lighting Conference 2019, Victor Loya, Consulting Engineer for automotive lighting products at ANSYS, elaborated on the question if the automotive INTERIOR lighting shall be strictly regulated by the government or automotive agencies just like it is done with the exterior.

Do you want to see the workshop presentation? Get it here for free.

Learn more about ZKW / IAV project Dragonfly which introduced smart head lamp aggregates to facilitate the autonomous driving. 

Key features of the Dragonfly projects are:

• Integration of several sensors into the headlamp and rear light within five integration cycles.

• Presentation of advantages for Highway Chauffeur and ADAS like crossing assist.

• Presentation of advantages for highly coupled light/camera module

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Silicone optics have become quite well adopted in high end LED lamps & luminaires lighting applications, such as, e.g., automotive headlamps, outdoor streets, roadways and stadium as well as retails. There are many benefits associated with silicones optics such as, e.g., resistance to high heat and lumen fluxes, stability against UV radiation, high resistance against scratch and impact, good compression set, enhanced optics and free form lenses design capabilities, and opportunities to optimize manufacturing processes of optics at large volume industrial scales.

Learn about the latest megatrends in automotive lighting components by reading this IHS Markit Presentation focusing on:

- Headlamp, Tail Lamp and Ambient Lighting

- Lightweighting and Electrification

- Autonomous Driving Impact on Lighting

Automotive lighting, both exterior and interior, has seen sweeping changes over the last five to ten years with the introduction of LED and OLED technologies. The flexibility of the tech has created many new design possibilities, enabling functional and aesthetic improvements in a number of different ways.

New matrix LED headlight configurations in tandem with sensing technologies have seen the introduction of systems which manage the direction of the beam to avoid blinding oncoming drivers. Read more here.

Download the exclusive article "The Future for LED and OLED Automotive Lighting"

The interior lighting can be customised, with different colours assigned to different driving modes. In park mode, the model even offers a ‘car show’ mode, whereby changing colours flow outwards from the instrument panel to the rest of the interior. With advances in technologies such as ADAS, and the potential of self-driving cars, interior lighting design is set to become increasingly important, from both a mood and an entertainment perspective.

Expand your knowledge within this area, with this exclusive free report by Automotive IQ on the topic of: "Changing Mood in Automotive Internal Lighting".

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More lighting features seem to many like additional expense in vehicles that aren’t necessary. Ambient lighting adds to that perception but LEDs and now OLEDs will be a less expensive alternative as they become more standard. LEDs in general use less electricity, weigh less and are more efficient.

Expand your knowledge within this area, with this exclusive free report written by Automotive IQ on the topic of: "Leading Lighting Technologies are Brightening up the Automotive Market".

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Interior lighting is an important factor to consider when buying a particular automobile. In response, car-manufacturers are branding their models with the help of interior lighting features. With the advance of autonomous driving and intelligent sensors, auto interior lighting is not anymore passive. New uses of lighting include warning signals for fatigue drivers, emergency alert, and other exciting functions.

Download this Article by Automotive IQ to learn more.

Automotive lighting has been the subject of great innovations in terms of comfort and functionality like Glare Free High Beam and Camera-based Front Lighting.

However, the segment is being reshaped by connected, electric, autonomous & shared vehicles.

Download this free interview with Michael Koherr from Ford and Ralf Klädtke from ZKW to learn more. 

In anticipation of the 20th Intelligent Automotive Lighting Conference taking place in Cologne, Germany on February 17-20, Andreas Knödler-Bunte, Creative Director Lighting & Design Innovations at BMW Group, and Whilk Goncalves, Head of Innovation in Lighting and Signalisation at PSA Group, talked about new technologies and trends in automotive lighting design. 

Download the full interview here to learn their expert opinion.

Automotive IQ has prepared for you this book on automotive lighting trends such as lasers, OLEDs and LEDs. In attachment, you can find as well a presentation from the University of Hannover on laser light for headlamps. 

Download the eBook here for free.

There is no doubt that within the next decade automotive lighting will have undergone a quantum shift in design and functionality, adding to the every-growing list of technologies being disrupted by the self-driving car revolution.

Download the E-Book to learn about the latest developments in this area.