Anti-glare vehicle headlights

A method of operating a vehicle headlight, comprising:

• placing a segmented liquid crystal light guide device in the optical path of a light source in the vehicle headlight, the segmented liquid crystal light guide device having segments that receive light from the light source;
• identifying segments in the segmented liquid crystal light guide device that emit received light in a glare removal area in a light pattern of the vehicle headlight;
• and
• controlling the identified segments to emit the received light in an anti-glare output state, and controlling other ones of the segments in the segmented liquid crystal light guide device to emit the received light in another output state that is different from the anti-glare output state.

A method of operating a vehicle headlight, the vehicle headlight including an optical device configured to transform the state of light received from a light source, the method including:

• identifying optical portions of the optic device that emit received light in a glare removal area in a light pattern of the vehicle headlight;
• controlling the identified portions of the optical device to emit the received light in an anti-glare output state;
• and
• controlling other portions of the optical device to emit the received light in another output state that is different from the anti-glare output state.