Maneuvering aid, method, and headlight device for a utility vehicle
AssigneeMan Truck & Bus AG
InventorsWALTER SCHWERTBERGER, MARKUS BRUMMER, DANIEL HEYES, CHRISTOPH RESCH
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Abstract
A maneuvering aid for a vehicle has a lighting device configured to at least partially illuminate at least an underlying surface under the vehicle and/or a vehicle bodywork. A control device configured to control the lighting device in order to activate and/or deactivate same. The control device is configured to control the lighting device at least as a function of a vehicle speed and/or of a vehicle acceleration and/or of a distance of the vehicle from a roadway boundary or an obstacle in the roadway. A corresponding method, a corresponding vehicle, and a headlight assembly are described as well.
Claims20
A maneuvering aid for a vehicle, comprising:
- a lighting device configured to at least partially illuminate one or both of an underlying surface underneath the vehicle and a vehicle bodywork;
- and
- a control device connected to and controlling said lighting device between activation and deactivation, said control device being configured to control said lighting device in dependence on at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of a vehicle speed, a vehicle acceleration, a distance of the vehicle from a roadway boundary, and an obstacle in the roadway.
A method of providing maneuvering assistance in a vehicle, the method which comprises:
- providing a lighting device configured to illuminate at least an underlying surface underneath the vehicle and/or a bodywork of the vehicle;
- and
- selectively activating and deactivating the lighting device in dependence on at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of a vehicle speed, a vehicle acceleration, a distance of the vehicle from a roadway boundary, and an obstacle in the roadway.
A headlight device for a vehicle, comprising:
- a lighting device having first illumination means to at least partially illuminate a surrounding of the vehicle and second illumination means to illuminate an underlying surface underneath the vehicle and/or a vehicle bodywork;
- means for separating the first and second illumination means embodied as one or both of the following:
- a dividing wall in said lighting device disposed to separate the first illumination means for lighting the surroundings of the vehicle and said means for lighting the underlying surface underneath the vehicle and/or the vehicle bodywork so as to illuminate at least partially different areas;
- and
- a direction-dependent lighting device for respective direction-dependent illumination of at least partially different areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.