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New Technologies used in Mercedes Benz cars

6.1-MultiBeam headlight.

Fig .6.1.1 image courtesy

https://static.mercedesbenzme.com/media/6694818/headlights_FixedImageCrop.jpg

Mercedes-Benz is incorporating the new MULTIBEAM LED technolo-

gy for the first time into the new-generation CLS-Class. The many bene-
fits of LEDs have been innovatively combined with the latest in control
technology. “This technology allows us to respond much faster to
changes in our surroundings, and for example, to adapt the light to the
new situation in the space of 10 milliseconds – something that was not
possible before,” said Mercedes-Benz Development Engineer Florian
Herold A total of four control units calculate the ideal light pattern 100
times a second

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6.2 Active Lane Keeping Assist.

Fig.6.2.1 image courtesy https://cecas.clemson.edu/cvel/auto/systems/images/Ramakrishna-lane-

departure.png

Active Lane Keeping Assist can warn the driver when they unintention-
ally leave their lane and can use one-sided braking intervention (via
ESP) to help manoeuvre the vehicle back into its lane.

Active Lane Keeping Assist monitors the area in front of your Mer-
cedes-Benz by using a small camera at the top of the car’s windscreen.
Radar sensors located all over the vehicle are then in charge of monitor-
ing the traffic around the car.

The camera scans the area in front of the car and detects the lane mark-
ings on the road (using differences in contrast) and where the vehicle is
in relation to these markings. If the car moves towards the white lines
then the Active Lane Keeping Assist will alert the driver by vibrating
the steering wheel and displaying a warning on the instrument cluster. If
the driver does not react and the car begins to leave its lane then it will
automatically be brought back into its original lane using a ‘correcting’
application of the brakes.

In the case of broken lines, the same occurs if an adjacent lane is occu-
pied and there is a risk of collision when the system senses the car mov-
ing off course.

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6.3 blind spot detection

Fig. 6.3.1 image courtesy https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U7j_sKr5j2w/maxresdefault.jpg

Side view mirrors don’t see everything. What you may miss in a quick
glance is what blind spot detection picks up. This driver assistance tech-
nology senses cars coming up in your blind spot behind or alongside
you, and if your turn signal is on, it alerts you not to change lanes.
You’re warned by a flashing light on the side view mirror and then a
beep or steering wheel vibration. If you’re not planning to change lanes
(there is no turn signal on), the warning light glows steadily but doesn’t
flash and there’s no audible alert Blind spot detection is a key technolo-
gy among driver aids that provide 360 degrees of electronic coverage
around your car, whether you are at speed or moving slowly. This circle
of safety also includes adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning,
rear and front parking sonar, the rear traffic alert, and parking cameras
(ranging from rear-only through four cameras providing a birds-eye
view of the car as you snake into and out of tight spaces). Some driver’s
aids make you safer, especially late on a long drive, and some earn back
their cost when you don’t crumple a fender, where the insurance deduct-
ible costs more than the device.

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