Control of vehicle headlamps
AssigneePO Lighting Czech, s.r.o.
InventorsTomas Kreml, Jiri Martoch, Radim Siuda
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Abstract
A headlamp of a vehicle comprises at least three modules producing a beam intended to be projected ahead of the vehicle when the headlamp is mounted thereon to illuminate a field of view defined in relation to the position of a driver seated in the vehicle. A high module projects a high beam, a low module projects a low beam made of a primary elongated area and an extended area of lower light intensity. An intermediary module projects an intermediary beam. A method for controlling the headlamp and a computer program implementing the method are also disclosed.
Claims13
A vehicle headlamp comprising at least three modules producing a beam intended to be projected ahead of the vehicle when the headlamp is mounted thereon to illuminate a field of view defined in relation to the position of a driver seated in the vehicle,
- wherein each module comprises a light source and a set of optics configured so that said module projects its beam over an elongated area of the field of view, said elongated area having a rectangular or ovoid shape extending along a horizontal axis,
- and wherein the at least three modules comprise a high module projecting a high beam over a high elongated area, a low module projecting a low beam over a primary low elongated area and an intermediary module projecting an intermediary beam over an intermediary elongated area;
- and wherein the primary low elongated area is located below the high elongated area, and wherein the intermediary elongated area overlaps both the primary low elongated area and the high elongated area,
- characterized in that the low module is configured so that it also projects light at a lower illumination power compared to the illumination power of the primary low elongated area over an extended area connected to and located above the primary low elongated area and partially overlapping the intermediary elongated area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.