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CDA
June 20, 2023
Future Hyundai and Kia cars will feature technology that projects traffic signals in front of the vehicle to prevent accidents.
Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai’s subsidiary dedicated to developing and manufacturing components, has advanced technology that projects traffic signs in front of the vehicle and that is based on GPS technology and the sensors of different cameras.
The digital micromirror device (DMD), which uses 25,000 LED microdiodes, aims to “significantly reduce night traffic accidentsboth for drivers and pedestrians.
The company, which is responsible for supplying parts to the Hyundai Motor group in general, says that vehicles equipped with DMD will be able to project traffic signals and pedestrian crossings. 15 meters in front of the driver.
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technology can show changes in road conditionsuch as work zones, and illuminate the path of pedestrians.
The system uses 0.04mm wide LED lights and an ultra-precise driver that reflects light through 0.01mm microscopic mirrors to project high-quality signals. The lights are densely packed and reflect light using 1.3 million digital mirrors.
The data of the traffic conditions in real time they are fed into the system by GPS navigation and camera sensors. This data enables the system to display relevant and weather-sensitive messages on the road.
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This technology can be used as a supplement to the information on the front display and will help drivers traveling at night spot speed bumps and highway exits.
“In the era of autonomous driving, software technology capable of integrating numerous car components into a single device will be more important than ever,” says Hyundai Mobis, which has not yet confirmed when the new technology will be used on production vehicles.
It must be remembered that Mercedes-Benz has a similar system, called Digital Light, which debuted in 2018, and It is already in some of the brand’s production vehicles, such as the Mercedes S-Class. The technology is capable of projecting guidelines and warnings onto the road ahead of the driver. At the same time, engineers at Ford in Europe also revealed similar headlight technology last year, capable of projecting symbols onto the road.
