Process and apparatus for the control of the light distribution of a headlight arrangement of a vehicle

Apparatus for the control of the light distribution of a headlight arrangement of a vehicle, comprising:

• at least one first light sensor which senses light emissions acting on a driver of the vehicle from a field of vision in a direction of travel of the road for various areas of the field of vision,
• a comparator device which compares intensity of the light emissions in each area with a stored threshold value,
• a control device which sets the light distribution of the headlight arrangement so that the illumination of an edge of the road of the driver's own side of the road is increased if the comparator device determines an overshoot of the threshold value in an area sensing the opposite side of the road,
• wherein the control device has a turn-off delay device,
• wherein the control device turns headlights on or off for the setting of a light distribution,
• wherein the control device turns an additional headlight on for the illumination of the edge of the road,
• wherein the additional headlight has a common light exit area with at least one other headlight,
• wherein the additional headlight has a common light exit area with at least one other headlight, and
• wherein the additional headlight and the other headlight have a common cover plate.