the full potential of the projector, without the dazzle of other road users.
System Glare-Free Highbeam uses a camera mounted in the windshield detects the headlights or taillights of vehicles and bicycles at a distance of up to 800 m in the night. Also adopts specially designed headlights which “block” the section of the beam, which could dazzle instant other drivers and mods.
Driving with running the high beam light allows drivers to see obstacles in the road much earlier. Studies have shown that the auto headlights are activated up to 10 times more than when the drivers are changing the same from middle to high beam lights and vice-versa.
The technology was developed by a global team of engineers and suppliers Ford. The test consisted of a specially shaped area of simulation of lighting, and testing in night conditions all over the world.
Technology Glare-Free Highbeam works with the system Auto High Beam Ford, and the headlights Ford Dynamic LED Adaptive Front Lighting System, which may adjust the beam and the intensity of the projector in one of the seven settings, depending on speed, ambient light, steering angle, distance from the vehicle in front and the activation of the wipers of the windshield. The automated lighting technologies are enabled when detect poor lighting environment.
“We found that some drivers have so much anxiety not to dazzle others with their lights in order to avoid to use the big ladder. Now the technology Glare-Free Highbeam Ford can relieve drivers from the stress, while the smooth switch between the settings helps the driver’s eyes to adapt faster to changing lighting conditions,” said an executive at the company.
Other ημιαυτόνομες technologies Ford can detect road signs and adjust the throttle helping drivers to remain within speed limits. Also detect people in or near the road, or transit, and automatically trigger the brakes if they see imminent collision. Ford develops also the advanced lighting technology of the future that improves visibility in squares, intersections, points of concession of priority, and stop, while drawing the attention of the driver to pedestrians, cyclists and even large animals that are in the path of the vehicle or on the side of the road.
Technology Glare-Free Highbeam is now available for all S-MAX, Galaxy and will be offered also with the upcoming Edge.
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