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SupplierBusiness
Advanced Automotive Lighting and Vision Systems
2014 edition supplierbusiness.com
Sectoral Report
IHS Automotive
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IHS Automotive SupplierBusiness | The Advanced Automotive Lighting and Vision Systems Report
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ContentsIntroduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Key drivers .................................................................................................................................................................... 6Regulation..................................................................................................................................................................... 7
US regulation ............................................................................................................................................................... 7Driving safety ............................................................................................................................................................... 7Design flexibility ......................................................................................................................................................... 10Vehicle efficiency ....................................................................................................................................................... 12
Lighting technology ...................................................................................................................................................... 14Light sources .............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Halogen ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14HID/ Xenon ................................................................................................................................................................. 14Combined HID and LED ............................................................................................................................................. 15LED technology .......................................................................................................................................................... 16Organic LED (OLED) ................................................................................................................................................... 22Laser technology ........................................................................................................................................................ 27
Optics technology...................................................................................................................................................... 29Lens optics ................................................................................................................................................................ 30Reflector optics .......................................................................................................................................................... 30Projector optics .......................................................................................................................................................... 30Distributed Lighting Systems ...................................................................................................................................... 30
Applications: Exterior ................................................................................................................................................... 32Headlights ................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Daytime running lights (DRL) ...................................................................................................................................... 33Position lights ............................................................................................................................................................. 36
Front position lights .................................................................................................................................................... 36Rear position lights ..................................................................................................................................................... 36Fog lights ................................................................................................................................................................... 36Side-marker lights ...................................................................................................................................................... 36Turn signal lights ......................................................................................................................................................... 37Reversing lights .......................................................................................................................................................... 37Rear combination lights .............................................................................................................................................. 37Centre high-mounted brake light ................................................................................................................................ 37Licence plate lights ..................................................................................................................................................... 38
Applications: Interior .................................................................................................................................................... 39Modern light design ................................................................................................................................................... 40
Ingress/egress lighting ................................................................................................................................................ 40Instrument panel and switch lighting .......................................................................................................................... 40Ambient lighting ......................................................................................................................................................... 40Head-up display ......................................................................................................................................................... 42
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Advanced lighting and vision systems ....................................................................................................................... 44Mechanical Curve Adaptive Lighting (CAL) ............................................................................................................ 44
Automotive vision systems .......................................................................................................................................... 54Progressive brake light warning system (PBLWS) ................................................................................................. 54Vision Enhancement Systems (VES) ....................................................................................................................... 55
Supplier Profiles ............................................................................................................................................................ 60Continental ................................................................................................................................................................. 60Flextronics .................................................................................................................................................................119Gentex ....................................................................................................................................................................... 121Hella ........................................................................................................................................................................... 124Ichikoh ....................................................................................................................................................................... 144Johnson Controls .................................................................................................................................................... 146Koito .......................................................................................................................................................................... 187Lumax Industries ..................................................................................................................................................... 195Magna ........................................................................................................................................................................ 197Magneti Marelli ........................................................................................................................................................ 242Osram ........................................................................................................................................................................ 254Philips ........................................................................................................................................................................ 257SABIC Innovative Plastics ...................................................................................................................................... 259SL Corporation ......................................................................................................................................................... 263Stanley Electric ........................................................................................................................................................ 270Valeo .......................................................................................................................................................................... 278Varroc Group ............................................................................................................................................................308
FiguresFigure 1: Hella ambient lighting in the new BMW X5 .................................................................................................. 6Figure 2: Percentage of fatalities by hour of day and mode of transport in EU21 countries, 2010 ...................... 8Figure 3: Mercedes-Benz Foresight lighting function combining camera information with headlight direction control .............................................................................................................................................................................. 9Figure 4: Mercedes-Benz 2014 C-Class front light cluster ...................................................................................... 10Figure 5: Audi LED Laser lighting technology ........................................................................................................... 11Figure 6: Audi Matrix LED with adjustment to avoid dazzling oncoming vehicles ............................................... 12Figure 7: Average new car tested fuel economy by country/ region 1990–2011 ................................................... 13Figure 8: Xenon headlights – Porsche Macan .......................................................................................................... 14Figure 9: Citroen’s DS9 concept features a full LED system from Valeo ............................................................... 18Figure 10: Osram’s Oslon Compact LED in yellow targeted at light guide solutions such as turn indicators . 19Figure 11: Osram’s Olson Black Flat LED ................................................................................................................... 20Figure 12: Osram’s award winning ThinGaN LED ..................................................................................................... 22Figure 13: Osram’s prototype OLED module ............................................................................................................. 23Figure 14: Audi R18 race car AMOLED rear view display ......................................................................................... 24Figure 15: Toyota’s Fun-VII concept car ..................................................................................................................... 25Figure 16: Ford’s S-Max concept van with OLED headlights .................................................................................. 26Figure 17: BMW Laserlight for BMW i8 ....................................................................................................................... 27Figure 18: Audi R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans Matrix Beam LED Laser Headlights ................................................ 28Figure 19: Hella LED headlamp prototype with optics ............................................................................................. 30Figure 20: Audi LED Daytime Running Light ............................................................................................................. 34Figure 21: Lighting applications for LEDs .................................................................................................................. 39Figure 22: Light piping highlights a floating island bezel in the 2013 Dodge Dart ............................................... 41Figure 23: Hella’s swivelling light module .................................................................................................................. 44Figure 24: Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupé, Driver Assistance systems, Night View Assist Plus ...................... 45
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Figure 25: Night View Assist Plus utilises infrared technology to improve the range of vision in situations in which the high beams cannot be used ...................................................................................................................... 46Figure 26: Adaptive Highbeam Assist adjusts the headlamp range based on the distance to other vehicles . 47Figure 27: Mercedes Benz’s adaptive high beam assist with Multibeam LED ...................................................... 49Figure 28: Multibeam LED headlights ........................................................................................................................ 49Figure 29: With (RHS) and without (LHS) Mercedes Benz’s roundabout light function ....................................... 50Figure 30: Hella’s VarioX module ................................................................................................................................ 51Figure 31: BMW Night Vision withdynamic light spot and animal detection ......................................................... 57Figure 32: Mercedes-Benz Active Night View Assist with Spotlight Function ...................................................... 57Figure 33: Audi Night Vision system ........................................................................................................................... 58