Patent ID: 7156542
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A vehicle headlight system comprising: a centralized light source; digital beam forming optics optically coupled to and receiving transmitted light from the centralized light source; first and second headlight emitters, one positioned at a front driver's side of the vehicle and one positioned at a front passenger's side of the vehicle, and wherein at least one of said centralized light source or said digital beam forming optics is remotely located from said first and second headlight emitters; a memory storing a plurality of light illumination patterns, said memory electrically coupled to said digital beam forming optics, said digital beam forming optics outputting light from said centralized light source in the form of at least one of said light illumination patterns for each of said first and second headlight emitters independent of each other, and in response to at least one vehicle operating condition.