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LED-Matrix headlamps
This time, it's all about the high-beam. The most important thing is, that no longer is the high-beam completely switched off, so as not to blind the oncoming traffic or the car in front, but only the part which hits the other
car. Thus, the blinding through the rear-view mirror is also prevented. Perhaps you would like to watch the video below.
So, there is no longer just one light source but as shown in the clip below, there are five which share one reflector on each side. All together, there are 25 light-emitting diodes. In the automatic mode such partial
lighting is then posible, however, only at over the speed of 60 km/h in urban areas and over 30 km/h outside of the built up areas. This may sound a liitle strange, but in Germany at least, some urban areas do allow
speeds of 70 km/h. Belonging to the system is also a camera, which recognises which objects are not to be given the full force of the high-beam.
Apart from the independent switching on and off of partial areas, the system can also shine into the oncoming curve. This is particularly useful, when it occurs before a necessary steering action. In this case, the
system takes the data showing the course of the road from the navigation system. So, if you shold see a car in a road works, shining it's lights all over the place, it could be the the driver hasn't updated his maps for
some time (joke).
The cooperation with a night-vision device aslo makes sense. In this case, objects which are to be particularly protected, e.g., pedestrians, are picked out and are shown three short flashes. This type of one-sided
communication, is to warn the pedestrian and to draw the attention of the driver to a possible danger. The last highlight is something you probably know about already, the indicators light up in steps, showing the
direction of the turn. 10/13
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