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Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Lighting Systems

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Autonomous vehicles – automated vehicles; AV; Highly automated vehicles

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Lighting systems for autonomous vehicles have completely different requirements when compared to the traditional automotive lighting systems of today. This chapter will focus on the changes necessary for vehicle lighting with the introduction of autonomous or highly automated vehicles. While the current lighting systems for daily use are intended to enable the driver to safely steer the vehicle at night, an autonomous vehicle does not have a driver that needs to be able to view the road ahead. However, the necessity for lighting systems is still given since autonomous vehicles heavily rely on cameras that need light to function properly. Additionally, new studies show that the majority of people would like some kind of communication between autonomous vehicles and other human road users. Realizing these communication devices with light is one of the key challenges for the future.

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  1. Laboratory of Lighting Technology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

    J. Kobbert & T. Q. Khanh

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  1. Color Science & Imaging Lab, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC, USA

    Renzo Shamey

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  1. van Bommel Lighting Consultant, Nuenen, The Netherlands

    Wout van Bommel

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Kobbert, J., Khanh, T.Q. (2020). Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Lighting Systems. In: Shamey, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27851-8_430-1

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