An imaging system comprising: an image sensor configured to acquire one or more images of a scene external and forward of a controlled vehicle and to generate image data corresponding to the acquired images; a controller communicatively connected to the image sensor and configured to: receive and analyze the image data; detect an object of interest in the image data, wherein the object of interest is at least one of an oncoming vehicle and a preceding vehicle; generate an OFF signal based on the detection of the object of interest in the image data, or an ON signal based on a lack thereof, wherein a high beam control of the vehicle is turned ON based on the ON signal, and wherein the high beam control of the vehicle is turned OFF based on the OFF signal; modify a future response time at which the OFF signal is generated based on an external overriding of the ON signal or the OFF signal, wherein modification of the future response time is further based on detecting at least one object of interest in the image data subsequent to the external overriding of the ON signal or the OFF signal, and wherein the future response time corresponds to at least one of a time at which to begin a dimming off of a high beam and a length of time to dim off the high beam; characterized in that the controller is further configured to: detect at least one object of noninterest in the image data, the at least one object of noninterest comprising non-vehicle light sources detected in the image data; and classify the at least one object of noninterest based on the detection of associated light features in the image data, and change a weighted value that is assigned to light features associated with the at least one object of noninterest in order to hasten or prolong a future classification thereof, thereby decreasing or increasing the future response time at which the OFF signal is generated. an image sensor configured to acquire one or more images of a scene external and forward of a controlled vehicle and to generate image data corresponding to the acquired images; a controller communicatively connected to the image sensor and configured to: receive and analyze the image data; detect an object of interest in the image data, wherein the object of interest is at least one of an oncoming vehicle and a preceding vehicle; generate an OFF signal based on the detection of the object of interest in the image data, or an ON signal based on a lack thereof, wherein a high beam control of the vehicle is turned ON based on the ON signal, and wherein the high beam control of the vehicle is turned OFF based on the OFF signal; modify a future response time at which the OFF signal is generated based on an external overriding of the ON signal or the OFF signal, wherein modification of the future response time is further based on detecting at least one object of interest in the image data subsequent to the external overriding of the ON signal or the OFF signal, and wherein the future response time corresponds to at least one of a time at which to begin a dimming off of a high beam and a length of time to dim off the high beam; receive and analyze the image data; detect an object of interest in the image data, wherein the object of interest is at least one of an oncoming vehicle and a preceding vehicle; generate an OFF signal based on the detection of the object of interest in the image data, or an ON signal based on a lack thereof, wherein a high beam control of the vehicle is turned ON based on the ON signal, and wherein the high beam control of the vehicle is turned OFF based on the OFF signal; modify a future response time at which the OFF signal is generated based on an external overriding of the ON signal or the OFF signal, wherein modification of the future response time is further based on detecting at least one object of interest in the image data subsequent to the external overriding of the ON signal or the OFF signal, and wherein the future response time corresponds to at least one of a time at which to begin a dimming off of a high beam and a length of time to dim off the high beam; characterized in that the controller is further configured to: detect at least one object of noninterest in the image data, the at least one object of noninterest comprising non-vehicle light sources detected in the image data; and classify the at least one object of noninterest based on the detection of associated light features in the image data, and change a weighted value that is assigned to light features associated with the at least one object of noninterest in order to hasten or prolong a future classification thereof, thereby decreasing or increasing the future response time at which the OFF signal is generated.