New methods of testing camera-based lighting assistance systems

Driver assistance systems aim to provide optimum support to the driver in coping with the driving situation while helping to enhance road safety. Given the complexity of traffic situations together with the rather limited reproducibility of traffic scenarios on public roads and test grounds, the demands placed on testing lighting assistance systems prompted IAV to design and construct a high-tech indoor vehicle-lighting test facility. A special feature is the moving sunangle simulation facility that is capable of producing a light intensity of up to 50,000 lx. For high beam control, the systems currently on the market can be divided into three development levels. Typical highbeam assistants switch the high beam on and off automatically. The increasing capabilities and complexity of lighting make it necessary to record both the static and dynamic aspects of light distribution.