Vantablack Vision – ADAS Stray Light Suppression Coating

Automotive Qualified Optical Black Paint

Vantablack Vision

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) demand new levels of performance and reliability from optical sensors, particularly where autonomous functionality is desired. These systems must maintain the ability to recognise critical situations whatever the driving conditions, and remain unaffected by stray light that could even momentarily blind sensors with potentially devastating consequences.

Vantablack Vision is an economical,  nanomaterial free, ultra-low fogging black paint that minimises or eliminates the effects of stray light in ADAS applications such as camera shielding and Head Up Displays. Vantablack Vision Formulation ensures performance is maintained even under the most demanding conditions.

Cameras

In modern vehicles, cameras have taken over functions such as distance metering and maintenance, object recognition, lane-departure warning and traffic sign recognition amongst many others. These optical systems are frequently subjected to unfavourable lighting conditions, resulting in unwanted stray-light. This stray light degrades system performance, causing veiling, glare and artefacts that are familiar to many photographers. The trend towards wider field of view cameras for enhanced functionality further increases the challenge posed by stray-light and demands the use of superior stray-light management technologies (SLMT)™ to ensure captured images reflect reality. Vantablack Vision applied to camera glare shields minimises or eliminates these stray-light effects, ensuring the optical system remains compliant with critical automotive safety requirements.

BRDF

Using Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) as a measure gives reflectance data at all angles of incidence and all angles of detection and is therefore a much more representative measure for real life performance than THR alone. BRDF measurements allow us to determine the amount of both specular and diffuse light scattering form the surface of a material.

Application Training Video & Data Sheets

Application training video for Vantablack Vision available on request, please contact us for more information. Technical data sheet download links are at the bottom of this page.

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A leading matt black painted forward camera shield (left) vs.a Vantablack Vision coated shield showing the different levels of optical absorption achieved over flocks and automotive black absorber paints.

Improved stray light rejection leads to enhanced safety in difficult lighting conditions.

The Vantablack Vision shield looks flat as the coating absorbs light efficiently from all photon arrival angles.

Head-Up-Displays coated with Vantablack Vision show improved contrast ratio and far lower levels of windshield artifacts in all lighting conditions when compared against traditional black absorber paints and flocking.

Traditional black paints and flocks tend to fog (outgas) at the increased temperatures found in modern HUDs. This leads to sensitive optics being degraded by condensed fogged material over the life of the unit. Vantablack Vision delivers highly efficient stray light absorption without fogging or degrading HUD optical systems.

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Head-Up-Display

Head-Up-Display

To enhance safety, virtual images projected by Head-up Displays (HUDs) must exhibit high Perceived Quality (PQ) whatever the lighting conditions. Eye strain caused by inadequate contrast or moving stray light artefacts on the car windscreen must be eliminated to prevent the driver becoming tired, distracted or having the view of the road obscured. Vantablack Vision applied to projection paths and internal baffles achieves these objectives without requiring any changes to the design of the device.

Traditional solutions such as textured baffles, paints and flocks either do not satisfy the optical requirements for next generation ADAS, are too costly to process, or suffer from long-term fogging that causes unacceptable image-degradation over the life of the car. Vantablack Vision provides uniform, exceptional optical performance, regardless of the position and intensity of unwanted light sources, and delivers a cost-optimised, superior coating solution designed to outlast the vehicle.

High volume automotive production applicators are available in the following locations:

  • China
  • Vietnam
  • North America
  • Germany

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Automotive

Vantablack Vision Brochure

Vantablack Vision Brochure

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Vantablack VBx2.3 Application Data Sheet

Vantablack VBx2.3 Application Data Sheet

General information on coverage and spraying VBx2.3

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Vantablack Vision Technical Paper

Vantablack Vision Technical Paper

ADAS and LiDAR Systems

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Vantablack Vision Brochure (Chinese)

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Why BRDF and not just THR?

Why BRDF and not just THR?

Whitepaper explaining BRDF, and why it's particularly suited to stray light suppression scenarios

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中文語言 VBx2.3 應用程序數據表

中文語言 VBx2.3 應用程序數據表

應用數據表的中文翻譯 PDF

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Vantablack Vision VBX 2.3 Application Datasheets 4L

Vantablack Vision VBX 2.3 Application Datasheets 4L

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Vantablack Vision Handling Instructions

Vantablack Vision Handling Instructions

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Safety Datasheets Vantablack Vision (Catalyst)

Safety Datasheets Vantablack Vision (Catalyst)

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Safety Datasheet Vantablack Vision (Dry Film)

Safety Datasheet Vantablack Vision (Dry Film)

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Safety Datasheets Vantablack Vision (Base)

Safety Datasheets Vantablack Vision (Base)

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Automotive Applications

Automotive Applications

Presentation on the uses of Vantablack coatings in automotive sensing

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ISO 9001: 2015 & ISO 14001: 2015

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