Method for controlling a light emission of at least one headlight of a vehicle, wherein the method has the following steps: receiving a change enable signal for performing a change in the light emission of the at least one headlight from an input radiation pattern (373, 873) to an output radiation pattern (377, 877) during a debounce time and/or debounce distance, starting as a reaction to the change enable signal; performing a comparison of the input radiation pattern (373, 873) and an intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875); changing the light emission of the at least one headlight from the input radiation pattern (373, 873) to the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875) as a reaction to the change enable signal, wherein the step of changing the light emission of the at least one headlight from the input radiation pattern (373, 873) to the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875) is performed in dependence on the comparison, wherein the step of changing the light emission of the at least one headlight from the input radiation pattern (373, 873) to the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875) is performed if the input radiation pattern (373, 873) has a first relationship with respect to the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875), and wherein a performance of the step of changing the light emission of the at least one headlight from the input radiation pattern (373, 873) to the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875) is skipped if the input radiation pattern (373, 873) has a second relationship with respect to the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875) or corresponds thereto; and changing the light emission of the at least one headlight from the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875) or the input radiation pattern (373, 873) to the output radiation pattern (377, 877) upon the completion of the debounce time and/or the debounce distance. receiving a change enable signal for performing a change in the light emission of the at least one headlight from an input radiation pattern (373, 873) to an output radiation pattern (377, 877) during a debounce time and/or debounce distance, starting as a reaction to the change enable signal; performing a comparison of the input radiation pattern (373, 873) and an intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875); changing the light emission of the at least one headlight from the input radiation pattern (373, 873) to the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875) as a reaction to the change enable signal, wherein the step of changing the light emission of the at least one headlight from the input radiation pattern (373, 873) to the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875) is performed in dependence on the comparison, wherein the step of changing the light emission of the at least one headlight from the input radiation pattern (373, 873) to the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875) is performed if the input radiation pattern (373, 873) has a first relationship with respect to the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875), and wherein a performance of the step of changing the light emission of the at least one headlight from the input radiation pattern (373, 873) to the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875) is skipped if the input radiation pattern (373, 873) has a second relationship with respect to the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875) or corresponds thereto; and changing the light emission of the at least one headlight from the intermediate radiation pattern (375, 875) or the input radiation pattern (373, 873) to the output radiation pattern (377, 877) upon the completion of the debounce time and/or the debounce distance.