Device and method for adjusting the headlight range of a motor vehicle
First Claim
1. An apparatus for automatically adjusting a headlight range of a motor vehicle having at least one vertically adjustable headlight, the apparatus comprising:
- a sensor device which records at least one of vehicle and environment data;
an analyzing and control device which analyzes said at least one of the vehicle and environment data and determines, as a function thereof, control data for controlling the at least one vertically adjustable headlight;
wherein the sensor device is constructed as a sensor system adapted to record a vertical road curvature, the sensor system not operating in a foresighted manner.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for automatically adjusting the headlight range of a motor vehicle, comprising at least vertically adjustment headlights comprising a control unit provided with a sensor device which is used to detect vehicle and/or ambient data and an evaluation and control device which is used to determine control data for controlling the at least vertically adjustable headlights. The sensor device is embodied as a non-predictable working sensor which is used to detect the vertical roadway curving.
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15 Claims
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1. An apparatus for automatically adjusting a headlight range of a motor vehicle having at least one vertically adjustable headlight, the apparatus comprising:
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a sensor device which records at least one of vehicle and environment data;
an analyzing and control device which analyzes said at least one of the vehicle and environment data and determines, as a function thereof, control data for controlling the at least one vertically adjustable headlight;
wherein the sensor device is constructed as a sensor system adapted to record a vertical road curvature, the sensor system not operating in a foresighted manner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for adjusting a headlight range in a motor vehicle having at least one vertically adjustable headlight, the method comprising the acts of:
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sensing information concerning at least one of a current operating condition and environment data of the vehicle;
analyzing the sensed data for determining a curvature of a currently traveled road section and outputting control data;
adjusting the headlight range via an adjusting mechanism to at least one of a defined headlight range and lateral alignment as a function of the control data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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