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Light Management Design Challenges
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Shape and placement of displays enable new freedom to present an increasing breath of information about the vehicle and the operating environment. We’re here to help ensure that you can make visionary designs a reality while keeping drivers and passengers safe in the automobiles of tomorrow.
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3M Light management
Design. Performance. Safety.
Design. Performance. Safety.
Technology that can help increase brightness,
clarity and visibility in your information display
to deliver your most visionary designs.Technology that can help increase brightness, clarity and visibility in your information display t...
Light management solutions for information display systems
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With the demand for connected mobility continuously increasing, digital information displays are becoming increasingly central to the automotive interior design. Display screens are bigger and brighter – meaning there is more light to manage and, in the case of reflections, mitigate. Harnessing and manipulating light has been a core competency of 3M for decades. We are here to deliver leading technologies created to help bring together the best in automotive display design, performance and safety.
Learn how you can work bench-to-bench with our engineers and experts and solve your most challenging problems with proven light management solutions that can be customised for your unique designs.
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Maximise brightness and efficiency for maximum readability.
We’re entering a new era of human machine interface (HMI). On-axial luminance, readability and efficiency in automotive displays are all increasingly important for safe, differentiated customer experiences. 3M advanced films for brightness enhancement and reflective polarising can help you achieve demanding display requirements: increase backlight efficiency, transmit more light, and avoid moiré effects. Specifically with electronic mirror (eMirror) displays, get clear, undistorted views in passive reflective and electrified backlit states, and switch seamlessly from mirror to display. These are just a few of the ways 3M can help. Explore now.
Featured Technologies:
3M™ Dual Brightness Enhancement Films (DBEF) Data Sheet (PDF, 477 KB)
3M™ Brightness Enhancement Films (BEF) Data Sheet (PDF, 644 KB)
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Decrease reflections – and distractions.
As information displays increase in size and move higher on the dashboard bringing information closer to the driver for increased safety, managing reflections becomes critical. 3M™ Advanced Light Control Film (ALCF) helps enable cockpit designs to meet increasing demands of modern digital displays by controlling and directing light to exactly where it is needed – and reducing light from where it can become a distraction. ALCF is a louver film that controls the distribution of light perpendicular to the louver structure (viewing angle) to help create privacy, control ambient reflections and improve display contrast.
Featured Technology:
3M™ Advanced Light Control Film (ALCF) Data Sheet (PDF, 806 KB)
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Enhance contrast and durability with optical bonding
Designers can create solid yet sleek designs with 3M™ Optically Clear Adhesives (OCAs). These adhesives reduce ambient reflections by filling in the air gap between the cover lens and the LCD. The result is much better contrast and readability for automotive displays. OCAs also help increase structural stiffness, providing greater reliability and durability. 3M Optically Clear Adhesives are available in roll good form (the ARO series) or converted (ACO). The ACO series is an easy to handle die-cut optically clear adhesive that conforms to the freeform shape and curvature of lenses and other components while maintaining bond strength.
Featured Technology:
3M™ Automotive Optically Clear Adhesive ACO 05U-XXX Series (PDF, 159KB)
3M™ Automotive Optically Clear Adhesive ACO 01N-XXX Series (PDF, 175KB)
3M™ Automotive Optically Clear Adhesive ACO 03U-XXX Series (PDF, 165KB)
3M™ Automotive Optically Clear Adhesive ACO 04N-XXX Series (PDF, 299KB)
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Ryan Eismin, 3M Company, explains how Optically Clear Adhesives (OCA) work and their benefits in display design.
For the development of the OCAs, expertise from adhesive technology was combined with knowledge from the field of optical films. In the video you can find out how OCAs can help to fill the air gap between the cover plate and the LCD and what advantages OCAs offer in display construction.
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John VanDerlofske, 3M Company, “Driving Toward Performance Standards in Light Control for Automotive Displays” SID Vehicle Display Symposium 2019
Displays are becoming a more common and important feature of any new automotive cockpit. Increasing in size and proximity to windows, these displays raise the need for light control solutions to mitigate unsightly and possibly distracting windshield reflections. We discuss automotive display trends, their unique light control challenges, and propose new display light output metrics that can be critical to safety, and the driver/passenger experience.
Light management Technical Data Sheets
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