Ford Motor Company says in continuation of its role as a leading innovator in lighting technology, it is developing advanced lighting system that will enable drivers to easily see potential hazards such as pedestrians, cyclists and animals when driving at night.
The camera-based advanced front lighting system, it says, uses the Global Positioning System and a video camera in the rear-view mirror housing to move the adaptive headlights with the road terrain.
According to Ford, when the car detects a roundabout or an intersection, for instance, the light beam widens to offer a bigger view of what is coming from the side. If the GPS detects the intersection, the location is tagged so that the beam automatically widens when it is encountered again.
It explains in a statement obtained online on Tuesday that the spot lighting system uses an infrared camera behind the grille, and is similar to but less complex than systems employed by Mercedes-Benz and Audi.
Giving a description of how it works, the automaker says when the infrared camera detects a potential hazard like a person or an animal in or near the road up to 390 feet ahead, it can shine one of two LED spotlights on the danger. A display in the dash cluster will highlight the object with a yellow or a red box, depending on the how close it is and how dangerous it might be. Even though there are only two spotlights, mounted next to the fog lights on the lower front bumper, the system can detect up to eight objects at a time.
Source: punch
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