Predictive adaptive front lighting integrated system
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1. An adaptive front lighting system for aiming headlamps of a vehicle to illuminate the roadway ahead of the vehicle comprising:
- a navigation system that determines the curvature of the road ahead of the vehicle; and
a control module that receives information about the curvature of the road ahead of the vehicle and instructs the headlamps to swivel over a swivel angle to illuminate the roadway ahead of the vehicle.
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Abstract
An adaptive front lighting system includes a navigation system and a control module. The navigation system determines the curvature of the road ahead of the vehicle, and the control module receives information about the curvature of the road ahead of the vehicle and instructs the headlamps to swivel over a swivel angle to illuminate the roadway ahead of the vehicle.
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1. An adaptive front lighting system for aiming headlamps of a vehicle to illuminate the roadway ahead of the vehicle comprising:
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a navigation system that determines the curvature of the road ahead of the vehicle; and
a control module that receives information about the curvature of the road ahead of the vehicle and instructs the headlamps to swivel over a swivel angle to illuminate the roadway ahead of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for aiming headlamps of a vehicle to illuminate the roadway ahead of the vehicle comprising:
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determining the curvature of the road ahead of the vehicle with a navigation system; and
receiving information about the curvature of the road ahead of the vehicle with and control module and instructing the headlamps to swivel over a swivel angle to illuminate roadway ahead of the vehicle with the control module. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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