Patent ID: 8862335

Claim:
A control device for controlling of vertical cut-off lines in headlamps for motor vehicles within a swivel range, comprising: the control device has a first input for a first signal, said first signal indicating a direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle, when the motor vehicle meets a light source of another motor vehicle; wherein the control device generates a control signal for a right-hand headlamp and a control signal for a left-hand headlamp of the motor vehicle for an adjustment of a vertical cut-off line depending on the first signal; a right-hand vertical cut-off line and a left-hand vertical cut-off line can be adjustable thereby to eliminate the dazzling effect on an oncoming motor vehicle or a motor vehicle driving ahead; and whereby the control device signals initiate an independent movement of each of said right-hand headlamp and left-hand headlamp via: an adjustment of the right-hand cut-off line in a given swivel range for the right-hand cut-off line between a right-hand boundary to a left-hand boundary, an adjustment of the left-hand cut-off line in a given swivel range between a left-hand boundary to a right-hand boundary, the control device having a second input for a second signal, said second signal indicating the radius of a bend being taken or to be taken by the motor vehicle, and the control device adjusts one of the left-hand boundary of the swivel range of the right-hand cut-off line and the right-hand boundary of the swivel range of the left-hand cut-off line depending on the second signal.