Modeling of automotive interior illumination systems

Optical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1537-1544

  Lee, Junwon ^a   Greivenkamp, John E ^b  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SWITCHES; RAY TRACING;

AUTOMOTIVE ILLUMINATION INDUSTRY; AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS; ILLUMINATION OPTICS; LIGHT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; LIGHT PIPE SYSTEMS; LIGHTBULBS; NONSEQUENTIAL RAY TRACING; OPTICAL MODELING;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 4143103562     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1748235     Document Type: Article

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