Vehicle headlamp alignment system and method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Aaron Bradley Johnson, Stephen Kenneth Helwig, Paul Kenneth Dellock
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Abstract
A vehicle headlamp alignment system is provided that includes a headlamp located on a vehicle, an adjuster module for adjusting aim of the headlamp, and a camera located on the vehicle. Sensors may determine distance and orientation of the vehicle relative to a wall. A controller processes images of a beam on the wall acquired by the camera and determines the aim of the headlamp based on the images. The controller controls the adjuster module to align the headlamp based on the determined aim.
Claims20
A vehicle headlamp alignment system comprising:
- a headlamp located on a vehicle;
- an adjuster module for adjusting aim of the headlamp;
- a camera located on the vehicle;
- and
- a controller processing images acquired by the camera and determining the aim of the headlamp based on the images, wherein the controller controls the adjuster module to align the headlamp based on the determined aim.
A vehicle headlamp alignment system comprising:
- a headlamp located on a vehicle;
- an adjuster module for adjusting aim of the headlamp;
- a camera;
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- a controller processing images of a headlamp beam projected onto a surface and acquired by the camera and determining the aim of the headlamp based on the images, wherein the controller controls the adjuster module to align the headlamp based on the determined aim.
A method of adjusting a vehicle headlamp comprising:
- aligning a vehicle with a surface so that the vehicle headlamp projects a beam onto the surface;
- acquiring images of the beam illuminating on the surface with the use of a camera;
- determining aim of the beam;
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- adjusting the headlamp based on the determined aim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.