MERCEDES Intelligent Light System
This is real technology. The Intelligent light system from Mercedes. The ILS has a lot of features which include
- Country mode driving
- High Intensity fog lamps
- AutoBahn mode for going on freeways
- Automatic adjustment and correction for the headlight so that even on bad road conditions best illumination is provided.
- Cornering lights
From what i gather from various websites and people aware of this technology is what i am putting here. All of it might not be fully correct and complete.
Well so much for the disclaimer part :-).
The AutoBahn mode has a very important feature that increases the output of the Xenon Headlamps based on the speed. This means that you get better road visibility ( up to 120 m). Also the Light cone is designed in such a way that it doesn't blind the traffic coming from the opposite lane.
The cornering lights use the Steering angle and the indicators as in input, along with the direction in which the vehicle is moving to calculate the angle by which the headlamps need to be swivelled to ensure that the corners of the road are illuminated. Basically, in simple terms the light beam is kept parallel to the tyres of the vehicle rather than the body ( as in conventional systems).
This is done by having a clever set of actuators which control the light beam by moving the light bulb as well as lens in from of the xenon bulb to accurately reposition the beam. A horde of sensor inputs coming from the steering angle sensor, vehicle speed and the camera mounted on the windscreen help the control algorithm to readjust the light beam and position it accurately.
Of course, cool technologies come at a cool price and the same is true for this system which is available only on the high end Mercedes cars including the new E-classes.
Ref: articles here [1] [2]
Well so much for the disclaimer part :-).
The AutoBahn mode has a very important feature that increases the output of the Xenon Headlamps based on the speed. This means that you get better road visibility ( up to 120 m). Also the Light cone is designed in such a way that it doesn't blind the traffic coming from the opposite lane.
The cornering lights use the Steering angle and the indicators as in input, along with the direction in which the vehicle is moving to calculate the angle by which the headlamps need to be swivelled to ensure that the corners of the road are illuminated. Basically, in simple terms the light beam is kept parallel to the tyres of the vehicle rather than the body ( as in conventional systems).
This is done by having a clever set of actuators which control the light beam by moving the light bulb as well as lens in from of the xenon bulb to accurately reposition the beam. A horde of sensor inputs coming from the steering angle sensor, vehicle speed and the camera mounted on the windscreen help the control algorithm to readjust the light beam and position it accurately.
Of course, cool technologies come at a cool price and the same is true for this system which is available only on the high end Mercedes cars including the new E-classes.
Ref: articles here [1] [2]
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