Patent ID: 8103422

Claim:
A method for the anticipated detection of a bend on a portion of road taken by a motor vehicle, comprises the following steps: establishing a first set of information on the bend in the portion of the road in question utilizing a navigation system, said first set of information being associated with a first confidence index, said navigation system comprising a receiver for receiving data from a geographical positioning system and mapping data; establishing a second set of information on the bend in question utilizing an image processing system, said second set of information being associated with a second confidence index, said image processing system comprising a camera and an image processing application that captures an image on the bend; and establishing a third set of information on the bend in question using a data fusion system questioning the portion of the road in response to the first set of information and the second set of information, each of said first and second sets of information comprising data on at least one of a radius of curvature of the bend in the portion of the road or the distance between the bend and the vehicle; using said third set of information to determine before the bend has been entered, a relevant light point in the bend, and the movement of said relevant light point between entering the bend and leaving the bend and moving the headlights through an angle in response thereto.