Method for controlling a light pattern and automotive lighting device

A method for controlling a light pattern provided by an automotive lighting device of an automotive vehicle, wherein the light pattern is provided by a matrix arrangement of light pixels, the method comprising:

• providing a road profile;
• extracting road features from the road profile, with the road features being road points, with each road point being characterized by a distance from the lighting device and an angle from the lighting device,
• dividing the matrix arrangement in row groups;
• assigning a different shifting value for each row group, each shifting value calculated using the distance and angle of at least one road point;
• dividing each row group in a first portion and a second portion;
• shifting the operation of the first portion of each row group of light sources according to the corresponding shifting value;
• and
• generating a third portion between the shifted first portion and the second portion of each row group.