Advantages of ambient interior lighting for drivers contrast vision

Sven Schellinger; Dorit Franzke; Karsten Klinger; Uli Lemmer

doi:10.1117/12.663015

21 April 2006 Advantages of ambient interior lighting for drivers contrast vision

Sven Schellinger, Dorit Franzke, Karsten Klinger, Uli Lemmer

Proceedings Volume 6198, Photonics in the Automobile II; 61980J (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.663015
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2006, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

In the recent years LEDs became the standard light source for the dashboard, instrument panel and switches in automobiles. In the near future LEDs will bring ambient interior light functions into the vehicle. Advantages of the LEDs are a small installation space, low heat dissipation, the long lifetime and, with Multi-Color-LEDs, the possibility of color tunability. Ambient lighting of door surfaces, floor space and roof liner is beneficial, because it improves drivers orientation and thereby the driving safety. However the optimal parameters of color and brightness are not known yet. An investigation of the Light Technology Institute follows this question and presents within this framework, how the choice of the ambient lightings color and brightness affect drivers contrast vision.

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Sven Schellinger, Dorit Franzke, Karsten Klinger, and Uli Lemmer "Advantages of ambient interior lighting for drivers contrast vision", Proc. SPIE 6198, Photonics in the Automobile II, 61980J (21 April 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.663015

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