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AssigneeDaimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsManfred H. Burckhardt, Jurgen Paul
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An installation for controlling a measuring beam and/or a light beam in motor vehicles, in which at least one measuring and/or light beam transmitted from the vehicle serves for measuring the distance or illuminating objects which are located ahead of the vehicle in its own lane; measuring devices are thereby arranged in the motor vehicle which determine at least the vehicle velocity and the transverse acceleration as well as possibly the longitudinal acceleration or deceleration for correcting the assumed theoretical braking action and, under certain circumstances, still other relevant vehicle magnitudes; the beam transmitter is then controllable as regards the beam range and/or beam opening angle and/or angle deviation of the beam with respect to the vehicle longitudinal axis by a computer as a function of these measured values.
An installation for controlling a beam in motor vehicles which comprises at least one beam transmitter-receiver means for transmitting a beam from the vehicle which serves for detecting objects located in front of the vehicle in its own lane, wherein the improvement comprises measuring means at the motor vehicle which determine at least the vehicle velocity and the transverse vehicle acceleration, computer means responsive to the measured values from said measuring means for producing control signals for controlling the beam transmitter-receiver means in dependence on the measured values.
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