Low Beam Dimming Method For Situational Glare
AssigneeValeo Vision
InventorsColby Darlage, Robert Fraizer
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Abstract
A method for reducing headlight glare from a first vehicle comprising a first headlight and one or more sensors. The method includes illuminating, by the first headlight in a low beam setting, a portion of a road that the first vehicle is traveling along. The one or more sensors may detect a presence of a second vehicle. For example, the one or more sensors may detect the presence of the second vehicle in a region that is receiving direct glare from the first headlight in the low beam setting. The first headlight may dim, in response to the detecting, to a first light output below the low beam setting.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing light from a first vehicle comprising:
- a first headlight and one or more sensors;
- illuminating, by the first headlight in a low beam setting, a portion of a road that the first vehicle is traveling along;
- detecting a presence of a second vehicle with the one or more sensors, which the first vehicle is active with the low beam setting;
- and
- dimming, in response to the detecting, the first headlight to a first light output below the low beam setting.
A system comprising:
- a processing system;
- memory operably connected to the processing system and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processing system to:
- detect, while in a low beam setting, a presence of a second vehicle;
- and
- dim, in response to the detecting the presence of the second vehicle, a headlight to a light output below the low beam setting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.