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31/07/2012
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Gentex Corporation has announced it is to supply auto-dimming mirrors with the company's own SmartBeam lighting assist system, as well as auto-dimming mirrors with a camera-based driver-assist system for the new 2013 Lincoln MKS full-size premium sedan and 2013 Lincoln MKT three-row premium crossover.
 The Gentex SmartBeam feature uses a relatively low-resolution camera to automatically turn a vehicle's high beams on and off automatically according to surrounding traffic conditions. The system also uses a high-resolution, multi-function camera combined with algorithmic decision-making to perform automatic high-beam control, lane keeping and driver alert.
In lane keeping mode, the driver is warned by vibrating the steering wheel, while the lane keeping function warns the driver by applying torque to the steering wheel to direct the vehicle back into the lane. driver alert monitors the vehicle's lane position and can notify a driver of signs of inattentiveness with a coffee cup warning light that appears on the dashboard instrument cluster. Key components, including the camera and microprocessor, are integrated into a Gentex interior auto-dimming mirror.
"Both the MKS and MKT are part of the reinvention of the Lincoln brand, and it's inspiring for us to see our auto-dimming mirrors as standard equipment offering these cutting-edge technologies through different packages on these models," says Gentex senior vice president, Mark Newton.
"Drivers have the choice of purchasing the MKS or MKT with either our SmartBeam high beam lighting-assist mirror product or our mirror with the driver-assist package. This is a good example of the OEM providing the consumer with the choice of technology options that best fits their own wants and needs," he adds.
Newton says the Gentex in-mirror driver-assist system, which integrates Mobileye technology, was in development for over two years. He reveals that Gentex purchases an imager for which the Mobileye algorithms are specifically designed, and builds a camera assembly with it.
The company also purchases a Mobileye EyeQ™ vision-system-on-a-chip that has Mobileye driver-assist algorithms in it, and then designs an electronic system with it that interfaces with the vehicle. The Gentex electronic system is housed within the interior rearview mirror and works with the Gentex camera assembly incorporated in the mirror mount.
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John Challen
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