HEADLAMP CONTROL TO PREVENT GLARE

A control system (40) for controlling at least one exterior vehicle light (22) of a controlled motor vehicle comprises a control unit (44) in communication with the at least one exterior vehicle light. The control unit is operable for receiving a vehicular input that includes at least one of a vehic...

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Main Author STAM, JOSEPH, S
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 25.11.2009
Subjects
ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL
BLASTING
FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF
HEATING
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
SYSTEMS THEREOF
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLEEXTERIORS
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
WEAPONS
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Summary:A control system (40) for controlling at least one exterior vehicle light (22) of a controlled motor vehicle comprises a control unit (44) in communication with the at least one exterior vehicle light. The control unit is operable for receiving a vehicular input that includes at least one of a vehicle speed, a vehicle turn rate, a vehicle wheel angle, a vehicle compass direction, a vehicle pitch, a vehicle location, a weather condition and an ambient light level; determining a desired beam pattern based upon the vehicular input; receiving an image of a forward field of view of the motor vehicle from an image sensor; analyzing the received image; and modifying the desired beam pattern based upon the analyzed image, wherein more than two distinct beam patterns can be provided.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20020786988