Friends who follow the consumer electronics industry will definitely not be unfamiliar with the name TÜV Rhine. The company's name can often be heard at the product launch conferences of many mobile phones, PCs, and display devices. As an internationally renowned independent third-party testing, inspection and certification agency, TÜV Rhine has gone through a century of history. Its iconic blue triangle logo has become a symbol of reliable quality, stable product and trustworthy in the hearts of many consumers around the world.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of TÜV Rhine. At the invitation of TÜV Rhine, we visited their laboratory in Shanghai, China and attended the first Global Display Conference hosted by Rhine. At the event, we personally felt that TÜV Rhine helped enterprises to develop new products and improve product performance through a series of innovative standards and certification services, providing guidance for consumers to purchase safer, healthier and higher-quality products.
From "low blue light certification" to "global eye protection"
In the field of consumer electronics, the most well-known thing about TÜV Rhine is "TÜV Rhine Low Blue Light Certification". This is a set of certification standards launched by Rhine in 2014. This standard is the first to bring the exclusively developed low-blue light visual ergonomic detection requirements into the display industry, guiding the industry to continuously improve the management of harmful blue light . At present, this standard has been widely recognized in the global display field. In the industries of smartphones, displays, TVs, etc., more and more brands will emphasize that their screens have passed the Rhine low blue light certification and can effectively protect their eyes.
Indeed, at the moment, there are more and more screens and display devices in various types, and they can even be called "flooded". How to protect everyone's vision health has become a common topic of concern to many manufacturers and consumers. In response to this industry change, Rhine has made forward-looking explorations many years ago. In addition to the well-known low blue light certification, TÜV Rheinland needle also has a complete and innovative certification system including retinal protection factor, strobe-free, eye comfort, global eye protection and other standards and certification services.
At the Global Display Conference, Rhine systematically introduced its own certification services for eye protection. Take eye comfort certification as an example, this set of standards includes four dimensions: low blue light, no strobe, low scope, and no reflection. During the certification testing process, Rhine fully considered many variables, so as to achieve accuracy and professionalism while meeting the user's needs as much as possible. Take the reflection-free standard as an example. In addition to testing the surface material of the screen, the items that need to be tested also include the human eye's visual angle, the sitting angle adjustment, etc.
eye comfort certification standard fully guarantees the visual health of users' long-term eyes use. On the basis of eye comfort, Rhine has also added requirements such as screen display quality, ambient light management, and user care reminders. This set of comprehensive and innovative testing standards has also been combined to become the highest-level "global eye protection" standard for TÜV Rheinland.
At the Global Display Conference, Rhine also released the "Paper-like Display White Paper". This is a set of test standards for display devices such as e-books and electronic ink screen . Regarding the display characteristics of this type of equipment, Rhine proposed a "paper-like display index". This index is an index that evaluates the similarity of electronic paper displays and paper in terms of optical properties. It contains 8 test evaluation criteria, and is finally derived through certain weights and algorithms. This index can be used to intuitively distinguish the display effect of electronic paper simulated by real paper, and has strong guiding significance for consumers to choose such products.
At present, TÜV Rheinland has an innovative display certification service system that includes safety and reliability, user experience, health eye protection, display performance, care services, innovative technology, sustainability and other aspects. Yang Jiajie, vice president of electronic and electrical products and services at TÜV Rheinland Greater China, said at the conference, "35 years ago, TÜV Rheinland's first display service laboratory was born in Cologne, Germany, which promoted the establishment and development of ISO ergonomic display standards. In the past 35 years, our footprints have spread across Europe, Japan, South Korea and China, and we provide customers with efficient, accurate and professional testing and certification services through a global test network.Today, 35 years later, TÜV Rheinland's logo has become the first choice for the display industry and consumers in dimensions such as health eye protection and display performance. "TÜV Rhine, other than the mobile phone screen,
, as an international leading technology service provider, has done much more than this.
In the field of electronic and electrical products, TÜV Rhine can currently provide tests covering electrical safety, electromagnetic compatibility, wireless, wireless, materials, performance, product applicability and reliability for various products such as display products, household appliances, audio-visual equipment, wireless, and smart wearable devices, automotive electronic equipment, information technology and communication equipment, , etc., covering electrical safety, electromagnetic compatibility, wireless, materials, performance, product applicability and reliability, as well as product advantages evaluations such as low blue light, eye comfort, global eye protection, paper-like display, folding worry-free, color care, and allergy care.
through in-depth insights In recent years, TÜV Rhine has successively built several professional testing laboratories to meet the needs of emerging markets. In this event, we visited TÜV Rhine’s allergy care laboratory in Shanghai, intelligent floor scrubber efficient and deep clean, vacuum cleaner suction without loss, AR/VR and other test laboratories.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the household cleaning market has developed rapidly in recent years. Smart vacuum cleaners and smart floor scrubbers have become essential cleaning tools for many families. In view of the cleaning performance of these products, TÜV Rhine has developed a set of standard and professional testing specifications. In the test of vacuum cleaners, they not only consider the product’s products including hair and solid waste. , liquid and other cleaning capabilities that simulate common dirty households, and different floor materials and battery attenuation effects on suction have been included in the test scope, and even rigorous tests have been made in terms of energy consumption, ergonomics, ease of use, etc.
TÜV Rheinland has also launched an allergy care certification service. The laboratory has built an airtight laboratory space to place quantitative allergen test samples at a fixed time. Use high-precision sensors to test the changes in the concentration of allergens in the experimental space during operation. At the laboratory site, many "Internet celebrity products" are undergoing related tests.
and Rhine is good at display testing. In addition to some common display devices, TÜV Rhine has also developed testing environment for devices such as VR, AR, smart glasses .
in the AR/VR testing laboratory of TÜV Rhine, with a large number of test instruments for AR\VR equipment. There are robotic arm used to simulate human eye activities, devices that simulate head movements and measure display delays, and also simulate ambient color temperature changes. A series of light testing environments such as light conditions. According to the on-site engineers, in addition to detecting the display performance of the equipment, the project also has a set of evaluation standards for users' subjective use experience.
promotes the high-quality development of the industry , benefiting consumers themselves
During this event, TÜV Rheinland also conducted extensive and in-depth cooperation with international institutions and colleges and institutes such as Eyesafe, Pantone, the Key Laboratory of Efficacy in the Winning College, the Color Engineering Laboratory of the School of Optoelectronics of Zhejiang University, and other international institutions and colleges and institutes. Research on low blue light technology, color certification, display human factors and AR/VR visual health , three-dimensional color gamut research, industry-university-research cooperation mechanism, Rhine has also conducted forward-looking exploration and cooperation with relevant institutions, manufacturers and partners.
In the special session of government-enterprise cooperation, TÜV Rhine and the National Security Quality Inspection Center (Beijing) signed a strategic cooperation agreement for . Both parties will propose requirements related to consumer experience and information security for smart door lock products based on the mandatory standards for locks in public safety industries such as GA374-2019 "Electronic Anti-theft Locks" and other public safety industry locks. Through four dimensions of testing, it will provide authoritative endorsement for the high-quality products of enterprises and also provide guidance for the future technological development direction of smart door locks.
TÜV Rhine and the National Security Quality Inspection Center (Beijing) jointly sorted out the high specification requirements of smart door locks in four dimensions: user experience, reliability, information security, and privacy protection, and built a test model based on consumer experience, so that the test results can truthfully reflect the advantages and disadvantages of the product in daily use. The certified smart door lock products show that they have outstanding advantages in quality and safety, which helps consumers to purchase with confidence and convenience.
At the same time, TÜV Rhine and China Quality Certification Center (CQCh) jointly released the low blue light "one test and two certificates" certification service. "One test and two certificates" means "one test, two certificates". The two parties jointly launched this service, aiming to simplify the process steps of low blue light certification and reduce the testing costs of enterprises. The company conducts a test in a designated laboratory. The products that pass the test can obtain the English version of TÜV Rheinland and the Chinese version of CQC low-blu-ray certification certificates, which helps the company meet both international and domestic market needs and establish a competitive advantage of the product in the global market.
Notice the quality and safety, support technological innovation, and improve consumer experience is the mission of TÜV Rheinland as an international leading technology service provider. The most important thing among them is undoubtedly Rhein's thinking on "people". TÜV Rhine has always emphasized that they are not just about doing simple testing, but about improving the pursuit of safety and quality of Chinese consumers through professional and reliable testing and certification services, and contributing to promoting the high-quality development of the industry.
"When the standards and quality of the entire industry are effectively improved, we (consumers) will ultimately benefit," said Yang Jiajie, vice president of electronic and electrical products and services at TÜV Rheinland Greater China, in an interview with us.
