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Samsung Display, supplies 7-inch OLED for Virtual Exterior Mirror to Audi

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Samsung Display announced on October 3 that the company will be supplying a 7-inch OLED display for Audi’s all-new electric Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), the Audi e-tron®. The Audi e-tron has attracted attention throughout the automotive industry. One of its highlights are optional* ‘virtual exterior mirrors’ – a ‘first’ for a volume-production car.

Audi’s virtual exterior mirrors feature a small side-view camera instead of the existing side mirrors. The driver can view the images captured by the camera in real time through the OLED display installed between the vehicle’s A pillar (the column next to the front glass) and the door

<Virtual exterior mirror applied to e-Tron, Audi, Source: news.samsungdisplay.com>

The OLED display supplied by Samsung Display is equipped with one camera on each side of the vehicle dashboard, replacing the existing side mirror function, and the built-in touch sensor allows people to zoom in or out on the screen as if to manipulate a smartphone. Audi said the Virtual Exterior Mirror offers a wider field of view without blind spots, compared to a typical side mirror. It provides better visibility even on cloudy days and in dark places, and it provides a ‘view mode’ suitable for each driving situation such as highway driving, rotation, parking, etc for more convenient and safe driving. By eliminating the side mirrors that protrude out of the vehicle, it reduces air resistance and wind noise. Also, slim and beautiful design is possible, reducing the body width by 5.9 inches.

The images seen on the Samsung display that covers each virtual exterior mirror appear natural and distinct with none of the drag effects typically triggered by a slow response rate at low temperatures, while exhibiting outstanding color reproducibility. The Samsung 7-inch OLED display provides Audi e-tron drivers with an ideal visual solution, thanks to its low power consumption and innovatively thin, lightweight design, in addition to its superior imaging.

Jeeho Baek, Senior Vice President of Samsung Display, said “It is inspiring to many that our OLED display is used in Audi’s virtual exterior mirror, demonstrating that Samsung OLED technology is being optimized for cutting-edge automobile systems around the world. We will continue to actively support leading automotive manufacturers in helping them to advance the future automotive market through the use of our OLED display technology with its high resolution, advanced designs and low power consumption.”

Visualization of display for mirror-less automobiles, Green light to OLED display

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After Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport did pre-announcement of legislation about partial revised plan of ‘Regulations on the performance and standards of automobiles and auto parts’ on the 7th, interests in ‘mirror-less automobiles’ having not side mirror (rearview mirror) are getting hot. This is a method of securing eyesight through display screen in the car after installing subminiature camera to car front and rear and also front doors of both sides, and solving blind zone problem which was the defect of existing side mirror and improving fuel efficiency and designs are expected, even though there are problems on functional errors and design development.

Thus, display for mirror-less automobiles is getting attentions as a drive of new market in display market for automobiles. Display fields for automobiles belongs to the industry to which creating high added value is expected because further customization is required compared to mobile and TV. So LGD or SDC panel enterprises are developing products for market penetration, and two companies are known as setting up policy of progressing differentiating strategies differently from Taiwan, Japanese companies by focusing on Flexible OLED especially.

Flexible OLED has thin, light characteristics and a nature to be able to bend, so it is favorable to mirror-less automobiles requiring new designs from free installing aspects. Also, mirror-less is being evaluated to be suitable to the display for automobiles because it can implement high visibility with very fast speed, contrast range, and wide viewing angle. On July 1st last year, Continental Corporation, auto parts supplier, revealed the possibility of better eyesight provision even in dark situations or the rain while introducing several merits of mirror-less automobiles to which 2 OLEDs were applied through its homepage. In addition, Alfred Eckert, Director of the Advanced Engineering department in Continental’s Chassis & Safety Division mentioned “The effects of unwanted optical phenomena such as glare and weak light can also be compensated”

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<Mirror-less concept car to which 2 OLEDs were applied> (Source: www.continental-corporation.com)

Samsung Electronics is recently propelling automobile electric apparatus business in earnest by taking over Harman, US automobile electric company, and the industry foresees that competency of Samsung Electronics’ OLED and semiconductor would make great synergy effect to electric apparatus business. Furthermore, they lighted up goals such like securing world 30% market share in display for automobiles based on OLED display in 2018, and achieving 2 trillion won in sales.

In this way, OLED display is expected to play core roles in expanding business to electric field industry from electronic/display industry, and it is anticipated that OLED could be a new dynamic to growth of display industry.

미러리스 자동차용 디스플레이 가시화, 차량용 OLED display 청신호

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지난 7일 국토교통부가 ‘자동차 및 자동차부품의 성능과 기준에 관한 규칙’의 일부 개정안을 입법 예고하면서, 사이드미러(후사경)가 없는 ‘미러리스 자동차’에 대한 관심이 뜨거워 지고 있다. 자동차 전·후방과 양쪽 앞문에 초소형 카메라를 장착하고 차내에서 디스플레이 화면을 통해 시야를 확보하는 방식으로, 기능 오류와 디자인 개발 문제가 있지만 기존의 사이드 미러의 문제점들이었던 사각지대 문제가 해결되고 연비와 디자인 개선이 기대 된다.

이에 따라 미러리스(Mirror-less) 자동차용 디스플레이가 자동차용 디스플레이 시장의 새로운 시장 동력으로써 주목 받고 있다. 자동차용 디스플레이 분야는 모바일이나 TV에 비해 더 많은 customization이 필요하여 고부가가치 창출이 기대되는 산업이다. 이에 LGD나 SDC의 패널 업체들이 시장 공략을 위한 제품을 개발 중이며, 특히 두 업체 모두 Flexible OLED를 중심으로 일본·대만 업체들과는 다른 차별화 전략을 전개한다는 방침을 세운 것으로 알려져 있다.

Flexible OLED는 얇고 가벼운 특성과 휠 수 있는 성질로 설치 측면에서 자유로워 새로운 디자인이 요구 되는 미러리스 자동차에 유리하다. 또한 LCD에 비해 높은 명암비와 빠른 반응 속도, 넓은 시야각으로 높은 시인성을 구현할 수 있어 자동차 디스플레이에 적합하다고 평가 받고 있다. 작년 7월 1일 자동차 부품 공급업체 Continental corporation은 자사 홈페이지를 통해 2장의 OLED가 적용 된 미러리스 자동차의 여러 장점들을 소개하며 어두운 상황이나 우천 시에도 더 나은 시야 제공이 가능하다고 밝혔다. 또한 Alfred Eckert 미래개발부 총괄 담당은 “눈부심이나 약한 빛으로 인한 영향도 해결 할 수 있을 것”이라 언급하기도 하였다.

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<2장의 OLED 패널이 적용 된 미러리스 컨셉카, 출처: www.continental-corporation.com>

최근 삼성전자에서 미국 자동차 전장기업 Harman을 인수하여 자동차 전장사업을 본격적으로 추진하고 있으며 업계에서는 삼성전자의 OLED와 반도체 등의 역량이 전장사업 진입에 큰 시너지효과를 낼 것으로 보고 있다. 또한 LG Display는 2018년엔 OLED display를 바탕으로 차량용 디스플레이에서 전 세계 시장점유율 30%를 확보하고 매출 2조원을 달성한다는 목표를 밝힌 바 있다.

이처럼 전자/디스플레이 업계에서 전장산업으로의 사업확장에 OLED display가 핵심 역할을 할 것으로 예상되며, 디스플레이 산업의 성장에 새로운 원동력이 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.