Hyundai Mobis unveils human-centric lighting tech for cars

Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, has introduced a system that changes car interior lights depending on a driver’s mood and physical condition to improve driving safety. The development is in line with the company's push to expand its presence in the future mobility sector.

The leading South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Group’s unit said on Wednesday it has created a human-centric lighting system specialized for the future mobility environment. The technology senses a user’s biorhythm and driving environment to adjust the color, brightness and display of automotive interior lights as needed, according to the company.

The system maximizes drivers’ satisfaction by reinterpreting the function and purpose of car interior lighting to meet future mobility trends, which emphasize personalized user experience (UX), Hyundai Mobis said.

“Automotive interior lighting’s function and purpose have been being developed in a way to actively support human health, safety and convenience,” said Lee-Hyun-woo, senior vice president and head of Hyundai Mobis’ module business unit. “We will keep developing solutions specialized for future mobility with a focus on customers.”

The company is working to transform into a mobility solution provider by integrating new software-oriented technologies and its core competitiveness in conventional automobile engineering.

HUMAN-CENTRIC LIGHTING

To develop the lighting system, Hyundai Mobis said it converged its key software and hardware such as eye-tracking, biometric control, camera and automotive electronics system control technologies.

The human-centric lighting system generates 32 different lighting patterns through interactions with a driver’s biorhythm, health condition and the external environment, according to the company.

The system analyzes a driver’s stress level by checking their heart rate or rate of eye blinking to turn the lights red if stress is detected, for example. The lights turn green when no tension is detected. 

The lighting technology calculates the distance to the next vehicle when the car door is opened and shows the risk of door dings through a color display. It also has a sterilization function with ultraviolet-C (UVC) lights.

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Jongwoo Cheon edited this article.