Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed a high-efficiency LED interior lamp that can be operated with a simple wave of the hand. The company's first application is a touch-free dome lamp that integrates a capacitive sensor into the vehicle's overhead console.
- Provides durability
- Offers increased lighting functions
- Eliminates driver's search for correct mechanical switch in increasingly crowded consoles and instrument panels
- Improves safety by enabling more attention to remain focused on road
- Features solid state light source and capacitive switching technology
- Capacitive proximity sensor detects hand's conductivity as it enters a field
- Switch is triggered by change in capacitance caused by conductivity of iron in the blood
- Field sensitivity range can be set to function from 0 mm to 80 mm
- System continually monitors environment to calibrate and optimize performance and range
- Works even when operator is wearing gloves, unlike other technologies, such as infrared proximity sensors
- Can be programmed to provide additional functions and personalization options
- Changes to light's intensity and color, for example, could be controlled by sliding or tapping a finger on the sensor
- Utilizes LEDs which consume a fraction of the energy of incandescent light sources—0.5 watts, instead of 10 watts per source
- LEDs combined with a lower lens heat of approximately 100 F, or less than 40 C, provides more flexibility in lighting design
- Customizable for any application
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