Patent ID: 9227553
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B60Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for adjusting lighting of headlights for a vehicle, the method comprising: recognizing an upcoming curve and ascertaining its visibility, the visibility representing the possibility of glare to oncoming traffic; and adjusting the lighting between the least possible glare to oncoming traffic and the best possible illumination, wherein the adjustment is carried out as a function of the visibility so that at least one of the following is satisfied: (a) in the case the possibility of glare to oncoming traffic does not exist, an illumination-increasing adjustment is carried out, and (b) in the case the possibility of glare to oncoming traffic exists, a glare-reducing adjustment is carried out; wherein in the recognizing task, it is recognized whether the vehicle is negotiating the outer side or the inner side of the curve, and wherein in the adjusting task, one of (i) the glare-reducing adjustment is carried out only if the vehicle travels through the inner side of the curve, or (ii) the glare-reducing adjustment is not reduced to the same extent when the vehicle travels through the outer side of the curve as would be the case during travel through the inner side of the curve.