Patent ID: 9610889
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B60Q

Claim:
1. A control device for controlling headlights of a vehicle with at least one of an adjustable light distribution and a vertical cutoff line, comprising: at least one headlight of a vehicle capable of adopting at least two headlight configurations, each of which generate light intensities at different locations in front of the at least one headlight; a memory for storing light intensities of said headlight for different locations in front of the headlight and for each headlight configuration; an input for identifying an object in a location in front of the headlight; a processor for determining a present headlight configuration for the headlight, and for retrieving the stored light intensity at the identified location for the present headlight configuration; and wherein said processor is operable to reduce the light intensity at the location of the at least one object by instructing the headlights to adopt a different headlight configuration having a lower light intensity at the location of the at least one object when the light intensity at the at least one object is determined to be above a threshold, and wherein the headlight adopts the different headlight configuration; and wherein said processor is operable to maintain the light intensity at the location of the at least one object when the light intensity at the at least one object is determined to be below the threshold.