Patent ID: 8723948

Claim:
A system for producing a light beam in the front area of a motor vehicle comprising: a headlamp comprising at least one LED array of multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) each of which can electrically be controlled separately, an object detection device for detecting objects within the surrounding area of the vehicle, a positioning device for determining the position of a detected object relative to the motor vehicle, the light beam produced by the LED array in connection with an optical imaging system has at least a horizontal illuminance distribution wherein each illuminance can be selectively varied for each of a plurality of different positions in front of the motor vehicle and for each of a plurality of different horizontal angles relative to a reference direction, the horizontal angles of the contributions from at least two LEDs to the illuminance distribution overlap at least partially, a range of glare-critical horizontal angles is determined for each detected object depending on the object's position relative to the motor vehicle and depending on at least one of an assumed or a determined object width, the individual LEDs are controlled considering the overlap of the horizontal angles of their contributions to the illuminance distribution, such that an illuminance limit value is not exceeded within the glare-critical horizontal angle range and related to the position of the detected object; wherein the object detection device, is comprised of a camera and an image processing unit; wherein the camera in series with the image processing unit is used to detect vehicle as objects based on their light sources; and wherein each light source is recognized as a vehicle, where a lateral range with a value of B/2 on each of both sides of the light source is assumed for determining an object width to be declared, where B is the overall width of the object.