Patent ID: 9168861
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: B60Q,G06K

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for controlling a headlamp system for a vehicle, the headlamp system having two headlamps set apart from each other, comprising: detecting, by a sensor, road users in front of the vehicle in a driving direction; producing, by at least one of the two headlamps, a first total light pattern having an illumination range on a first side of a center axis is greater than on a second side of this center axis, and a second total light pattern having an illumination range in a direction of at least one detected road user that is less than a distance to the detected road user and an illumination range in another direction that is greater than the distance to the detected road user; and during a switch from the first total light pattern to the second total light pattern, reducing the illumination range of at least one headlamp on the first side of the center axis to at least such an extent that it is less than the distance to the detected road user, the second total light pattern being produced subsequently; wherein in the second total light pattern, a center region having a lower illumination range is formed in the direction of the detected road user, and side regions, which have a greater illumination range, are formed on both sides adjacent to the center region; and wherein in the second total light pattern, the side regions each form a vertical light-dark cutoff to the center region.