Patent ID: 6097023
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: B60N,B60Q,B60R,B60S,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
A vehicle headlamp control useful with a vehicle having a cabin and a windshield for controlling the vehicle's headlamps in response to sensing headlights of oncoming vehicles and taillights of leading vehicles, said headlamp control comprising:a headlamp control assembly including a solid-state light sensor array comprising a plurality of sensors arranged in a matrix on at least one semiconductor substrate, a spectral separation filter to apply particular spectral regions to particular ones of said sensors, a lens directing light onto said sensor array and a control means for identifying headlights of oncoming vehicles and taillights of leading vehicles;wherein said headlamp control assembly is positioned in the vehicle cabin with said imaging array and said optical lens positioned to view scenes forward of the vehicle through a portion of the windshield.