A vehicle headlamp system with: at least one headlamp 6,8, that emits a variable light distribution 22,26; at least one driver monitoring device 12 for detecting the viewing direction B of a driver 14; an environmental monitoring device 10,11 for monitoring the motor vehicle 2 environment and detecting at least one object 20,24 in said environment; a memory 18 connected with the environmental monitoring device for storing object information; and a controller 16 connected with the memory and driver monitoring device, set up to compare location of the object with viewing direction of the driver, wherein the controller alters the light distribution of the at least one headlamp to illuminate the object when the viewing direction of the driver is turned toward the object. System may dynamically track the object as it and the vehicle move relative to one another and may provide continued illumination to the object following an altered viewing direction of the driver. Objects may be classified by type such as pedestrians, animals, road signs, motor vehicles, obstacles or the like. Also claimed are: a motor vehicle, a method for operating a motor vehicle headlamp system, as well as a computer program product.
Motor vehicle headlamp system, motor vehicle, method for operating a motor vehicle headlamp system as well as computer program product
2016-07-27
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / F21S Ortsfeste Leuchten , NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES |
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