SmartBeam in BMW

Gentex Corporation, a leading supplier of car rearview mirror overcast itself to the automotive industry in the world melaunching lamp technology support front car SmartBeam high-beam model for the BMW 5 Series, 6 Series and 7 Series. This is the first type of system support the front of the car high-beam offered by the manufacturer or in the European car market outside North America.

"We are very excited to introduce SmartBeam in markets outside North America, with leading companies such as BMW," said Gentex Executive Vice President, Garth Deur.

"SmartBeam is a complex product, but because the electricity system in the usual vehicle used by BMW, they can introduce SmartBeam simultaneously on several new vehicle models," added Deur.

Gentex are rearview mirror with the production of overcast own car, turn automatically to reduce glare from lights behind the car ahead. The light glare, the darker the rearview mirror, which makes driving at night becomes more secure.

Gentex rearview mirror is often integrated with additional electronic feature, such as SmartBeam. SmartBeam uses a small camera on the chip to improve the lighting to make up the front with high-beam lights on the car automatically according to traffic conditions in the surrounding areas.

If dark enough and no other car, SmartBeam akan light high beam lights automatically. This system is to restore the car to the low beam position to detect when lights front or back of another car.

SmartBeam, which is called by BMW High-Beam Assist, will be introduced on the BMW 5 Series, 6 and 7 in the autumn in Europe and other regions, and will be offered together with the front of the Xenon lamp.

During this high-beam into the security features that are less used in these vehicles. SmartBeam optimize the lighting to the front mengotomatisasi use high-beam lights, the way a simple and effective system to improve the vehicle.

SmartBeam new first introduced in North America on the car model year 2005 and in April 2005, awarded Gentex Automotive News PACE (Premier Automotive Supplier's Contribution to Excellence) as a recognition SmartBeam invention.

PACE Awards began 11 years ago to acknowledge the leading automotive suppliers on their contribution to innovation, technological progress and business performance. In addition, SmartBeam is also recognized as one of the Best of What's New Technologies magazine Popular Science in November 2004.

Gentex Corporation that was founded in 1974 is the international company that provides high-quality products to the market in the automotive industry worldwide and a fire extinguisher in North America. Company located in Zeeland, Michigan, United States is to develop, produce and market the car rearview mirror overcast own technology with the overcast elektrokronik according to the level of glare from lights behind the car ahead.

Many of the rearview mirror are sold with advanced electronic features, and approximately 95% of company sales come from the rearview mirror the overcast to own almost every major car manufacturer in the world.