Method and device for managing the supply to a discharge lamp
AssigneeValeo Vision
InventorJoël Leleve
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for managing the supply to a discharge lamp of a motor vehicle headlight, wherein during the phase of starting up the discharge lamp, the strength of the current supplied to the lamp is controlled on the basis of a parameter representative of the environment of the vehicle so as to optimize the life of the discharge lamp. The invention also relates to a device for managing the supply to a discharge lamp.
Claims12
A method of managing the supply to a discharge lamp of a motor vehicle headlight, wherein during the phase of starting up the discharge lamp, the strength of the current and/or the power supplied to the lamp is controlled on the basis of a parameter representative of the brightness outside the vehicle so as to optimize the life of the discharge lamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.