Headlight adjustment system with measuring assembly including optical beam extending past an articulating reference
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSunil Dalal, John D. Harkleroad
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to vehicle headlight calibration. In one embodiment, a headlight adjustment system includes a headlight positioned in a vehicle with a measuring assembly attached to the headlight. An adjust system is connected to the moving assembly and a moving mechanism. In response to an optical beam of the measuring assembly extending past an articulating reference member of the measuring assembly to an optical receptor of the measuring assembly, the moving mechanism physically alters a configuration of the headlight.
Claims9
A headlight adjustment system comprising:
- a headlight positioned in a vehicle;
- a measuring assembly attached to the headlight;
- an adjust system connected to the measuring assembly;
- and
- a moving mechanism connected to the adjust system and the headlight, the moving mechanism adapted to:
- physically alter a configuration of the headlight in response to an optical beam of the measuring assembly extending past a liquid opaque articulating reference member to an optical receptor connected to the adjust system, which extension of the optical beam past the liquid opaque articulating reference member indicates the headlight is misaligned;
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- deactivate the adjust system in response to a signal indicating that the optical beam is blocked by the liquid opaque articulating reference member, which blockage of the optical beam indicates the headlight is aligned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.