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Article: Valeo's BeamAtic Premium System is a Lighting Revolution.
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- Computer Weekly News
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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While high beam headlamps provide the most efficient lighting,
they must quickly give way to low beams as soon as another vehicle approaches. Thanks to the new automated BeamAtic[R] Premium function, also known as Adaptive Driving Beam, maximum light is maintained except in zones occupied by other vehicles. Visibility is equivalent to that obtained using high beams and other drivers are not dazzled. In addition, the automatic switching between high and low beams improves driving comfort and safety.
In high beam position, each headlamp generates a cone of light which illuminates the entire area. When another vehicle approaches or is approached, the system ...