ams OSRAM has been nominated for the “German Future Award – Federal President’s Award for Technology and Innovation” in recognition of its leading-edge digital LED technology. Along with two other projects, the invention developed by the ams OSRAM team of Dr. Norwin von Malm and Stefan Groetsch has reached the final for this prestigious distinction.

Headllights that illuminate the road ahead as precisely and brightly as possible, without blinding other road users, enhance general road safety. The team at ams OSRAM has now been nominated for the “German Future Award – Federal President’s Award for Technology and Innovation” to honor the innovations underlying its groundbreaking LED headlamp technology.

Following a multi-stage assessment process, the team is one of the three finalists in the race for the coveted award. In close cooperation with Dr. Hermann Oppermann from the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin, Dr. Norwin von Malm, senior director New Technologies at ams OSRAM, and Stefan Groetsch, who leads the corresponding team within System Solution Engineering at ams OSRAM, have developed an all-new LED technology: smaller, more efficient and more intelligent than ever before, rendering more precise light distribution.

The light innovation from ams OSRAM features more than 25,600 LEDs in a matrix consisting of 320 x 80 light points. With each individual LED being controlled by a digital signal, the headlamp works similar to a video projector. Not only does it illuminate the road ahead precisely and efficiently, but it can also project warning symbols onto the road, such as a snowflake symbol to
warn of icy conditions or a special symbol if a wrong-way driver is heading in the vehicle’s direction.

“I am pleased that we are once again among the three finalists for the Federal President’s Award thanks to this formidable innovation,” said Aldo Kamper, CEO of ams OSRAM.