METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHT EMISSION FROM A HEADLIGHT OF A VEHICLE
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1. A method for controlling a light emission from at least one headlight of a host vehicle, comprising:
- combining at least lane information with respect to a course of a road and position information regarding at least one other vehicle located in the course of the road, in order to ascertain an envelope area not to be illuminated around the at least one other vehicle; and
setting, based upon at least the envelope area, a safety distance between (i) light able to be emitted from the at least one headlight of the host vehicle, and (ii) the at least one other vehicle, in order to control the light emission.
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Abstract
A method for controlling a light emission from at least one headlight of a vehicle combines lane information with respect to a course of a road and position information with regard to at least one other vehicle located in the course of the road, in order to ascertain an envelope area not to be illuminated around the at least one other vehicle. The method also includes setting, based on the envelope area, a safety distance between (i) light able to be emitted by the at least one headlight of the vehicle, and (ii) the at least one other vehicle, in order to control the light emission.
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1. A method for controlling a light emission from at least one headlight of a host vehicle, comprising:
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combining at least lane information with respect to a course of a road and position information regarding at least one other vehicle located in the course of the road, in order to ascertain an envelope area not to be illuminated around the at least one other vehicle; and setting, based upon at least the envelope area, a safety distance between (i) light able to be emitted from the at least one headlight of the host vehicle, and (ii) the at least one other vehicle, in order to control the light emission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device for controlling a light emission from at least one headlight of a host vehicle, comprising:
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means for combining at least lane information with respect to a course of a road and position information regarding at least one other vehicle located in the course of the road, in order to ascertain an envelope area not to be illuminated around the at least one other vehicle; and means for setting, based upon at least the envelope area, a safety distance between (i) light able to be emitted from the at least one headlight of the host vehicle, and (ii) the at least one other vehicle, in order to control the light emission.
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing a computer program having program codes which, when executed on a computer, performs a method for controlling a light emission from at least one headlight of a host vehicle, the method comprising:
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combining at least lane information with respect to a course of a road and position information regarding at least one other vehicle located in the course of the road, in order to ascertain an envelope area not to be illuminated around the at least one other vehicle; and setting, based upon at least the envelope area, a safety distance between (i) light able to be emitted from the at least one headlight of the host vehicle, and (ii) the at least one other vehicle, in order to control the light emission.
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