Installation for automatic control of the light distance with motor vehicle headlights
First Claim
1. An installation for automatically controlling motor vehicle headlights in dependence on the positional changes of the vehicle body of a motor vehicle, comprising detection means for detecting a one-sided positional change of the vehicle body, and control means responsive to said detection means for controlling the light projection distance of the headlights, when driving through a curve resulting in a one-sided positional change of the vehicle body, in such a manner that when driving through a curve located on the outside in relation to the oppositely directed traffic, the light projection distance is decreased and when driving through a curve located on the inside in relation to the oppositely directed traffic, the light projection distance is increased.
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An installation for the automatic control of the light projection distance of motor vehicle headlights in dependence on the positional change of the vehicle body, in which in case of a positional change of the vehicle body toward one side when driving through a curve, an analogous control of the light projection distance of the headlight takes place in such a manner that, for example, with right-hand traffic and when driving through a right-hand curve, the light projection distance is decreased and vice versa is increased in a left-hand curve.
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- 1. An installation for automatically controlling motor vehicle headlights in dependence on the positional changes of the vehicle body of a motor vehicle, comprising detection means for detecting a one-sided positional change of the vehicle body, and control means responsive to said detection means for controlling the light projection distance of the headlights, when driving through a curve resulting in a one-sided positional change of the vehicle body, in such a manner that when driving through a curve located on the outside in relation to the oppositely directed traffic, the light projection distance is decreased and when driving through a curve located on the inside in relation to the oppositely directed traffic, the light projection distance is increased.
- 8. An installation for automatically controlling motor vehicle headlights in dependence on the positional changes of the vehicle body of the motor vehicle with respect to at least one of the front and rear axles thereof, comprising a pair of headlights, mounting means for mounting said headlights at the front of the vehicle body for pivoting movement about a horizontal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, detection means for detecting movement of the vehicle body with respect to a point on one of the vehicle axles spaced from the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and control means responsive to said detection means for pivoting said headlights about said horizontal axis in such a manner that when driving through a curve located on the outside in relation to the oppositely directed traffic, the light projection distance of the headlights is decreased, and when driving through a curve located on the inside in relation to the oppositely directed traffic, the light projection distance is increased.
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