Method to control headlight of vehicle
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsRITESH SATISH GUPTA, SRINIVAS KOWTA
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Abstract
A method to control a headlight of a vehicle having a dipping control system is provided. The dipping control system includes a position detector, a map, a luminous intensity measuring device, and a controller. The method recalls the information associated with a work site and, determines a position and a direction of travel of the vehicle. Further, a position and a direction of travel of an approaching vehicle is determined and as a result the headlight of the vehicle is set in a high beam state or a low beam state. The switching of the headlight is based on work site information, whether the vehicle is approaching the other vehicle, and the vehicle and the approaching vehicle are on a trajectory of substantial intersection.
Claims1
A method to control a headlight of a vehicle having a dipping control system, the dipping control system further includes a position detector configured to determine a position and a direction of travel of the vehicle, a map configured to have information associated with a worksite of the vehicle, a luminous intensity measuring device configured to measure the luminous intensity, and a controller configured to switch the headlight of the vehicle between a high beam state and a low beam state, wherein the method comprising the steps of:
- recalling the information related with the work site;
- determining the position and the direction of travel of the vehicle;
- determining a position and a direction of the travel of an approaching vehicle;
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- switching the headlight of the vehicle between the high beam state and the low beam state based on:
- work site information;
- at least one of the vehicle and the approaching vehicle is travelling towards the other vehicle;
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- the vehicle and the approaching vehicle are on a trajectory of substantial intersection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.