[Auto] Ford's customizable headlights are discovered in a patent leak

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New leak of the United States patent registry. This time around, a new lighting system that Ford is working on has been unveiled, allowing images to be projected. Customizable headlights, as defined by those responsible for the project, with a very interesting system.

 

 

More and more brands are removing most of the emblems on the exterior of new cars, saving costs for customers when they suffer vandalism attacks, especially those who die from a badge of a particular model. Manufacturers are more likely to include the name of the technology or the model in the headlights, something that Ford wants to take advantage of with customizable headlights.

 

Lighting has become not only a means of identity, but of connection with the vehicle and of information to other road users with the exclusive Mercedes "Digital Light" technology, capable of projecting navigation instructions or warning signs directly on the asphalt. Barring the important differences, the Ford technology that has been revealed taking advantage of a leak of the United States Patent Registry, shows more a form of personalization than of driving safety.

 

 

 

Leak Reveals Patent for Ford Custom Headlights

Equipped with Full LED technology, since the light-emitting diodes are easily adaptable, the slides show the technical diagram on board of a Ford Fusion ST, both of the headlight and the taillight, so that the light clusters can be opened from the side interior, accessing a small slot in which is a secondary light source mounted directly on the interior wall of the lamp housing, allowing the projection of an image.

 

This function implies the creation of a series of images and templates to insert in the corresponding space and to be displayed on the asphalt, thousands adapted to different designs. However, there are some factors that do not quite clarify whether this this system will go into series production in the near future. The truth is that it is an interesting gadget for personalization at the brand level, like the seal of the sports versions, but the cost of this development that is included in the price of the car is unknown.

 

In addition, since the headlights are mounted hermetically closed preventing the entry of air, dust or liquids, it is not feasible for the brand to offer this possibility of customizing the headlights as an option so that customers can adopt the design they want at all times. Rather, it would be a form of branding. That or a more expensive and isolated lighting system to change the projected image.

 

 

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