Patent ID: 8757853
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling at least one vehicle headlamp, said at least one vehicle headlamp being equipped with an automatic switching unit between high beam and low beam lighting modes and with a DBL bending light function that causes said at least one vehicle headlamp to move in response to a turn or bend in a road, wherein said method comprises the steps of: detecting a combination of conditions comprising an active state of the automatic switching unit between high beam and low beam lighting modes and an active state of the high beam lighting mode; said bending light function being capable of automatically controlling movement of said at least one headlamp, wherein during said bending light function, an angular position of said at least one vehicle headlamp is moved when it is active or said at least one vehicle headlamp is not moved when said bending light function is inactive; wherein if it is detected during said detecting step that said at least one vehicle headlamp is in said high beam mode and said automatic switching unit is active, then at least one of the following steps is performed: (i) causing said state of said bending light function to be changed from a first active state to at least one second state, wherein said at least one second state is an inactive state or (ii) changing a logic controlling the bending light function so that angular position and movement of said at least one vehicle headlamp is controlled.