Road safety with BMW: Lighting - 7Post

Mark · 12-04-2008, 07:12 PM

The bi-xenon headlamps in the F01 7-series are just as advanced as the rest of the car and are fully adaptive to weather conditions and the road contour. AKA Adaptive Headlight Control

The new headlamp system apparently is able to take into account not only the load on the car (lurching from hard acceleration or braking) but also varies the leveling based on whether you are going up or down a hill/embankment. It adds to this your current speed and comes up with a mathematical answer to what the ideal leveling for your headlight should be at that moment. Interesting..

Speed? Well apparently, if your speeds are below 50km/h then the headlights activate City driving mode which gives enhanced peripheral lighting in order to light up those pesky pedestrians and bicyclers.

Seems like interesting stuff, for sure and BMW has attached some pictures of the system in work with a contour detail of how to system determines what field of range should be lit up in which condition

Deda · 12-05-2008, 04:41 PM

cool thing,thanks for sharing.

Bimmer Nerd · 12-05-2008, 10:59 PM

yea, this 7 series will take QUITE a while to get used to, it has sooo many gadgets it could almost past for a james bond car.

Wai328 · 12-05-2008, 11:07 PM

monsta · 12-05-2008, 11:23 PM

thats hot!!

yashBMW · 12-06-2008, 01:23 AM

the 7 in the night looks awesome!!!!!
specially the back light design

BMWPower06 · 12-06-2008, 02:01 AM

I had this same exact idea for headlights

Year's_End · 12-06-2008, 04:08 AM

Love the LED bars in the tails.

TK-421 · 12-06-2008, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Bimmer Loyalist

Love the LED bars in the tails.

Arustik1 · 12-06-2008, 10:36 PM

Interesting...very interesting...

gbelton · 12-07-2008, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by godora

yea, this 7 series will take QUITE a while to get used to, it has sooo many gadgets it could almost past for a james bond car.

a lot of folks said that about the 2001 7 series. What a shocker for folks looking for a gear shifter and not a stalk. LOL

People will do just fine, if they...

But of course, 10's of 100's of people will complain how hard this car is... "Oh my, all I want to do is drive!!" My answer is, go by a 2000 version of the 7er if all you want is the same and drive. All my opinion of course.

ase2dais · 12-07-2008, 03:30 PM

Nice!

GM has the same thing, they call it High Beams

d3l0n · 12-07-2008, 05:58 PM

Omg!! That Is What I Have Been Waiting To See! Night Shots! Holy Shit! That Thing Looks Magnificent!!

RT8_M3 · 12-09-2008, 11:52 AM

Very interesting.

yogi4 · 12-09-2008, 05:01 PM

Super cool ! thanks for sharing

czechchamp · 12-09-2008, 11:23 PM

Lookin good!

the_stranger · 12-11-2008, 01:41 PM

looks amazing. this will be an amazing car

H0v07 · 12-22-2008, 10:49 PM

wow!

12-04-2008, 07:12 PM	#1
Mark Administrator Drives: 1M Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NY / Philly / Boston Posts: 3,866 iTrader: (1) Garage List 2011 BMW 1 Series M ... [4.04]	Road safety with BMW: Lighting The bi-xenon headlamps in the F01 7-series are just as advanced as the rest of the car and are fully adaptive to weather conditions and the road contour. AKA Adaptive Headlight Control The new headlamp system apparently is able to take into account not only the load on the car (lurching from hard acceleration or braking) but also varies the leveling based on whether you are going up or down a hill/embankment. It adds to this your current speed and comes up with a mathematical answer to what the ideal leveling for your headlight should be at that moment. Interesting.. Speed? Well apparently, if your speeds are below 50km/h then the headlights activate City driving mode which gives enhanced peripheral lighting in order to light up those pesky pedestrians and bicyclers. Seems like interesting stuff, for sure and BMW has attached some pictures of the system in work with a contour detail of how to system determines what field of range should be lit up in which condition Attached Images __________________ The new beast. BMW M5.
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12-05-2008, 11:23 PM	#5
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12-06-2008, 02:01 AM	#7
BMWPower06 A^M=G is nothing w/o the Power of ///M Drives: ///M5 & ///M3 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: VA --> LA Posts: 1,748 iTrader: (0)	I had this same exact idea for headlights __________________ Indianapolis Red BMW ///M5

12-06-2008, 04:08 AM	#8
Year's_End Cpt. Buzzkill Drives: '08 E92 335i Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: St. Pete, FL Posts: 11,789 iTrader: (0)	Love the LED bars in the tails. __________________ _.[In a love/hate relationship with...] E92 335i: Space Grey\|Coral Red\|Aluminum Trim _________VMR V710s\|M-Sport Rear Bumper & Rockers\|M3 Spoiler\|Golf-T__________Moved on to the misc. Later, brahs.

12-06-2008, 10:36 PM	#10
Arustik1 HYEPWR Drives: E46 M3 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 2,865 iTrader: (3) Garage List 2007 E92 335i [0.00]	Interesting...very interesting... __________________ 04 E46 ///M3 \| OEM SSK \| TCK \| Enkei NT-03 \| Star Spec - 275 \|

12-05-2008, 04:41 PM	#2
Deda Major General Drives: BMW X6 35d Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Croatia Posts: 6,400 iTrader: (0)	cool thing,thanks for sharing.

12-05-2008, 10:59 PM	#3
Bimmer Nerd I \| L Photography Drives: E46 M3 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los angeles, ~818~ Posts: 7,422 iTrader: (11)	yea, this 7 series will take QUITE a while to get used to, it has sooo many gadgets it could almost past for a james bond car.

12-05-2008, 11:07 PM	#4
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12-06-2008, 01:23 AM	#6
yashBMW Superior Genral Drives: BMW 750Li Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: London Posts: 208 iTrader: (0)	the 7 in the night looks awesome!!!!! specially the back light design

12-07-2008, 03:30 PM	#12
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12-09-2008, 11:52 AM	#14
RT8_M3 drives a BMW Drives: e46 M3/F10 535i/e93 335i Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: La Jolla & Walnut Posts: 470 iTrader: (0)	Very interesting. __________________ -2oo3 AW E46 M3 -2o11 SG F10 535i 6MT -2o12 AW E93 335i

12-09-2008, 05:01 PM	#15
yogi4 Lieutenant Drives: 2011 e92 335i Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: chicago Posts: 453 iTrader: (0)	Super cool ! thanks for sharing

12-09-2008, 11:23 PM	#16
czechchamp Enlisted Member Drives: E46 330i Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas / Czech Rep Posts: 32 iTrader: (0)	Lookin good!

12-11-2008, 01:41 PM	#17
the_stranger Captain Drives: e92 M3 6MT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lafayette, IN Posts: 927 iTrader: (1) Garage List 2009 BMW M3 Coupe [0.00]	looks amazing. this will be an amazing car __________________ 2008 e92 M3 6MT AW/BLACK (SOLD) 2009 e92 M3 6MT AW/FR

12-22-2008, 10:49 PM	#18
H0v07 Private First Class Drives: M3 have no car Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: L.A Posts: 123 iTrader: (0)	wow!

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