Toyota presented new system of led lighting: Led Array AHS

According to the official statistics, about 70% of traffic accidents involving pedestrians occurred at night, in poor visibility, when drivers don't notice people next to the road or even on the road. Many manufacturers are beginning to move to the innovative optics that can cover as much of the roadway as possible. Today the press-service of the Japanese brand Toyota officially announced an advanced led optics LED Array Adaptive High Beam System (LED Array AHS) new generation that already in 2015, will be used for some of the models. Toyota noted that the new generation of LED Array AHS has a new array of LEDs and provides a greater range of coverage over all previous ones. New headlight head light LED Array AHS uses several independently controlled LEDs, arranged in a horizontal line, which provides a wide range of illumination. System LED is equipped with a stationary video camera AHS Array that receives information and is able to increase or decrease the individual LEDs. This will ensure the maximum coverage. The new system will allow to see the driver passes, a pedestrian and other unexpected obstacles. In addition, the new system of led lighting Toyota LED Array AHS is able to adapt the light power depending on the road conditions. For example, in the city the lights will not illuminate too wide space, and at the check-out at the suburban Highway driver will see "wider and clearer".

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History of car lights

Today it's hard to believe, but on the first cars have no "light devices at all! Riding on the "first cars " in the days of Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz was very risky even in the daytime. And so to drive at night people can’t even dream. First car headlights represented simply kerosene lamps.

In 1896, just 10 years after Carl Benz was granted a patent for his first car, and only then Louis Bleriot the famous aircraft proposed to use the acetylene headlights. Similar design spotlights actively were used the locomotives!

Well known to us electric lights have been widely used in cars since the early 20-ies of XX century. Though in the model of "luxury" class they have been used even earlier: since the mid 10-ies. - Almost immediately after the invention. One of the first electric lights were fixed on Cadillac Model 30 and the legendary Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. In fact, the first such lights were a power spotlights. There was, however, another problem: the drivers, who were traveling at night on reciprocal courses, blinded each other mercilessly. That is why very soon the first light correctors appeared, with variety of different types: lever, cable, hydraulic. Some manufacturers put the lever of a rheostat at the front desk, with the help of which the driver can adjust the brightness of the lamps.

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