Patent ID: 8738235

Claim:
A detection method for a motor vehicle (V 1 ), said method using at least one camera which has a predetermined field of vision, said method comprising the steps of: receiving information which is representative of a driving state associated with said vehicle; and modifying a field of vision of said at least one camera and its orientation in response to said information; wherein said vehicle comprises a headlight which can emit a light beam, an orientation of which can be modified in order to follow a bend; wherein said at least one camera is mobile simultaneously with displacement of the said headlight; wherein said headlight is associated with a single mechanism that simultaneously displaces or moves said headlight and said camera to displace said light beam, and wherein said at least one camera is coupled to said mechanism by being at least one of fitted on said mechanism or directly coupled to said mechanism so that an orientation of said field of vision of said at least one camera is modified in response to a modification of said orientation of said light beam of said headlight.