A vehicle may have lights such as headlights. The lights may be moved using a positioner. Control circuitry in the vehicle may use sensor circuitry to monitor the environment surrounding the vehicle. The sensor circuitry may include one or more sensors such as a lidar sensor, radar sensor, image sensor, and/or other sensors to measure the shape of a surface in front of the vehicle and the location of the surface relative to the vehicle. These sensors and/or other sensors in the sensor circuitry also measure headlight illumination on the surface. Based on the known shape of the surface in front of the vehicle and the distance of the surface from the vehicle, the control circuitry can predict where a headlight should be aimed on the surface. By comparing predictions of headlight illumination on the surface to measurements of headlight illumination on the surface, the vehicle can determine how to move the headlight with the positioner to align the headlight.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Vehicles With Automatic Headlight Alignment


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2023-01-05


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    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 / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung



    VEHICLES WITH AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHT ALIGNMENT

    CHILD CHRISTOPHER / MAZUIR CLARISSE / STIEHL KURT et al. | European Patent Office | 2023

    Free access

    VEHICLES WITH AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHT ALIGNMENT

    CHILD CHRISTOPHER P / MAZUIR CLARISSE / STIEHL KURT R et al. | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access

    Vehicles with automatic headlight alignment

    CHILD CHRISTOPHER P / MAZUIR CLARISSE / STIEHL KURT R et al. | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access

    HEADLIGHT FOR VEHICLES

    European Patent Office | 2016

    Free access

    HEADLIGHT FOR VEHICLES

    European Patent Office | 2019

    Free access