Night Vision Systems

In darkness or difficult light conditions, night vision assistance systems help the driver to see persons, objects and the course of the road at a full beam distance without dazzling oncoming traffic. The infrared radiation registered by a camera is projected onto a display or a head-up display as grayscale image. Creating an image with as much contrast as possible and fulfilling ECE regulations in the headlight area poses major challenges for the light infrared management. Materion Balzers Optics night vision filters reduce the undesirable wave length ranges by a factor of more than 1000 and significantly contribute to compliance with the ECE regulations.