Mazda To Showcase Adaptive LED Headlamps, Semi-Autonomous Mazda3

Mazda will showcase new headlight technology and a semi-autonomous Mazda3 in Japan this week, at the CEATEC consumer electronics and IT exhibition.

The company says the headlamp technology is a first for a Japanese carmaker, which it has dubbed simply Adaptive LED Headlights (ALH).

Described as “LED array glare-free high-beam headlamps”, Mazda says the light source is divided into four blocks which can be switched on or off independently.

Using a camera to detect oncoming headlights, or the tail lamps of vehicles ahead, the system can determine which light blocks can be illuminated and which need to be switched off.

Mazda does concede that in its present form, “some functions may be restricted based on factors such as the lighting environment around the road [and] vehicle speed”.

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