Headlight for vehicles

A headlight for vehicles, comprising:

• at least one light source (1);
• a focusing optical unit (6);
• a micromirror array (7) which comprises micromirrors;
• an imaging optical unit (9);
• and
• a central computing unit (4) comprising a light source control (3) and an array control (12) which are operably associated with the at least one light source and with the micromirror array, wherein the central computing unit is configured to switch a position of the micromirrors between an OFF state and an ON state periodically with a predefined control frequency and a predefined duty cycle by the array control,
• wherein the at least one light source is configured to form a light ray (2) which is directed at the micromirror array, such that a light beam structured and reflected thereby is projected onto a road (11) as a light pattern (10) via the imaging optical unit (9), and
• wherein the computing unit (4) is configured:
• to suppress the light ray (2) directed at the micromirror array (7) at predefinable times and synchronously with the predefined control frequency of the micromirror array by the light source control (3) and the array control (12),
• in order to generate a masked region of the light pattern in a masking scenario in a region of the micromirror array, to shift the micromirrors in their periodic switching phase by 180° from the OFF state to the ON state, and
• to suppress the focused light ray (2) directed at the micromirror array (7) at those times at which the micromirrors have been shifted to the ON state and synchronously with the predefined control frequency of the micromirror array.