Audi will introduce to the "eight" lights-matrix

At the end of 2013 the market will perekroenny sedan A8. And it will debut a new technology - Audi Matrix LED. Dot Matrix LED lights provide a very high flexibility in changing the parameters of the driving beam and can adapt to the environment without the need for a mechanical part. In each section of the headlamp beam consists of 25 LEDs grouped in fives. At each such group has its own reflector and lens. Modes of
each diode (it's not just a simple on and off, but also the change of brightness) controlled by a computer.

If the machine on automatic mode light, the matrix system is activated on the highway at speeds above 30 km / h, and in the city - more than 60 km / h Once the camera detects an approaching car, the matrix dims the individual diodes so that the sunlight does not shine into the eyes of oncoming cars, but the rest of the objects, including between your car and the other behind her and would remain brightly lit. As you approach the vehicle program switching diode array, keeping the shadow in the correct position and controlling the size of the shaded area.

Audi has been one of the pioneers in the introduction of xenon adaptive light, fully diode headlights, so the logical extension of this line was the emergence of matrix headlights.

The Germans believed that this system is more effective than counterparts with a mechanical movable mask. In addition, the functions of Audi Matrix LED does not exhaust the prevention of blindness. For example, the matrix is ​​activated to create a so-called marking light. In this case, the light communicates with the optional night vision assistant that detects pedestrians in the dark, are in the danger zone in front of the machine. Assistant transfers lamp coordinates person, and that highlights his quick flash three times the respective diodes. Thus, the pedestrian and warned of the approaching passenger car, and the driver's eyes on the road people instantly "snatching away" from the surrounding background.

Lights-matrix Audi - this is another step towards the future of headlights, projectors that can accurately control the output so that the light will learn how to make invisible even rain.

The third function of matrix headlights - cornering lights. It is triggered before the driver turned the steering wheel. The system uses the navigation data MMI navigation plus and when approaching a curve in the road ahead changes the brightness of the diodes so as to shift the focus of the light beam in the direction of rotation. In addition, the updated "Eight" will be a new feature in lighting technology - dynamic display of the rotation. When activated, the LEDs in the turn signals flash sequentially units at an interval of 150 ms, pointing to where the driver intends to turn.