KOITO MANUFACTURING : ; KOITO's BladeScan Won 'JSME Medal for New Technology'
March 05, 2021 at 10:26 am EST
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KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. ('KOITO') (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Hiroshi Mihara) announces that KOITO's 'BladeScan' won 'JSME Medal for New Technology' [Award subject:
Development and mass production of the Adaptive Driving Beam by scanning method (Development of
BladeScan)] by 'JSME Medals and Awards 2020'.
This 'JSME Medals and Awards' is given to technologies that have contributed to the Japanese economy by developing breakthrough new products and improving quality / productivity by The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), Japanese largest academic organization, for the purpose of encouraging the development of mechanical engineering in Japan.
This is the first time for KOITO to win this prize.
The award-winning 'BladeScan', one of the lamp systems 'Adaptive Driving Beam (ADB)', adopted a scanning method that emits LED light to 2 fast-revolving blade mirrors (reflectors) and lights forward vision by using the residual image effect for the first time in the world.
With this new method, by turning on/off 12 LEDs in line with the rotation of blade mirrors, BladeScan ensures high-resolution light distribution equivalent to the use of 300 LEDs and minimizes shading area. The system enables to illuminate vicinity of oncoming vehicles and preceding vehicles or an area between them, and helps driver to early detect crossing pedestrians, thus contributes to reduce traffic accidents.
KOITO is committed to further pursue the cutting-edge technologies and to develop 'customer-first' products in order to enhance the safety and comfort of motorization society.
[Outline of the prize awarded to KOITO]
1. Award subject : Development and mass production of the Adaptive Driving Beam by
3. Description of the development: By turning on/off 12 LEDs and controlling 2 fast-revolving blade mirrors, BladeScan ensures high-resolution light distribution and illuminates vicinity of oncoming vehicles and preceding vehicles while minimizing shading area. BladeScan helps driver to early detect pedestrians, thus contributes to reduce traffic accidents.
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of automotive lighting equipment, aircraft parts, railway vehicles parts, electrical equipment and measuring equipment. The Company mainly operates in six segments, including Japan, China, Asia, North America, Europe and Others. The Companyâs major products include light-emitting diode (LED) head lamps, discharge head lamps, headlights, sign lamps, high mount stop lamps, halogen bulbs, miniature bulbs and other lamp fittings, control equipment for rail vehicles, roads traffic signals, traffic control systems, roads and tunnels illumination lamps, facilities illumination lamps, accommodation equipment, aircraft parts, electronic parts, head lamps cleaners, sheets for aircraft and rail vehicles, as well as environment control equipment. The Company is also engaged in the development and manufacture of forward monitoring operation support systems for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) through subsidiary.
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