SupplierBusiness : Mirrors & Cameras Report

Published by	SupplierBusiness
Published	January, 2009	Product code	79857
Content info	84 pages
Price	US $ 1830 PDF by e-mail (Single User License)

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SupplierBusiness : Mirrors & Cameras Report published by SupplierBusiness in January, 2009. This report consists of 84 pages and the price starts from US $ 1830.

Introduction

Abstract

Report Overview

This first edition report takes a detailed look at this well established automotive sector. Included in the report are the latest in camera and mirror innovations, a market overview and detailed profiles of all the major participants within the sector.

Report Background

Mirrors are mature components, technical champions since the early days of the auto industry, like steering wheels. All 60 million cars produced annually need interior and exterior mirrors.

Now cameras and mirrors are converging and that is literally opening our eyes to see things that had been invisible. The lowly mirror is becoming the center of breakthrough territory. Not all of this is new. Luxury vehicles have incorporated backward-looking screens for several years as an aid to parking.

Looking Backward: Mirrors and Cameras
- The competitive landscape
- Mirrors
- Interior mirrors
- Exterior mirrors

Function

Mirror innovations

Camera innovations
- Rear vision
- Blind spot detection

The major players
- Gentex
- Magna Donnelly
- Ficosa
- Visiocorp
- Exterior

Others
- Murakami
- Tokai Rika
- Ichikoh
- Lumax
- Muth
- Flabeg

Like mirrors, cameras can' t see in fog - Interview with a non-mirror maker

Camera applications
- Night vision
- Blind spot detection
- Lane departure warning
- Adaptive cruise control
- Drowsy/distracted driver
- Enabling technology