Method for adjusting vehicle lighting when driving through a building site, and vehicle
AssigneeMercedes-Benz Group AG
InventorCarsten Gut
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Abstract
A method for adjusting vehicle lighting when driving through a building site involves adjusting a light pattern cast by at least one vehicle headlight into an environment from a top light field, referred to as high beam, and a bottom light field, referred to as low beam, upon recognizing that a building site is being driven through by changing a light intensity with which the light pattern is generated. The light intensity at which the low beam is emitted is increased to a determined value when driving through the building site.
Claims14
A method for adjusting vehicle lighting of a vehicle when driving through a building site, the method comprising:
- determining that the vehicle is driving through the building site, wherein the vehicle lighting projects a light pattern in a top light field, which is a high beam, or in a bottom light field, which is a low beam, wherein the low beam is projected at a first intensity;
- adjusting, responsive to the determination that the vehicle is driving through the building site, the projected light pattern to the low beam at a second intensity that is increased compared to the first intensity;
- and
- shifting, when an exit is recognized while the vehicle is driving through the building site, a light pattern focus to a region of an environment of the vehicle corresponding to the exit or a surface occupied by the light pattern is broadened so that the region of the environment corresponding to the exit is also at least partially lit.
A vehicle, comprising:
- at least one headlight;
- an environment monitoring system;
- and
- a computing unit coupled to the at least one headlight and the environment monitoring system, wherein the computing unit is configured to
- determine that the vehicle is driving through a building site, wherein the vehicle lighting projects a light pattern in a top light field, which is a high beam, or in a bottom light field, which is a low beam, wherein the low beam is projected at a first intensity;
- adjust, responsive to the determination that the vehicle is driving through the building site, the projected light pattern to the low beam at a second intensity that is increased compared to the first intensity;
- and
- shift, when an exit is recognized while the vehicle is driving through the building site, a light pattern focus to a region of an environment of the vehicle corresponding to the exit or a surface occupied by the light pattern is broadened so that the region of the environment corresponding to the exit is also at least partially lit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.