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Method for automatically adapting vehicle lighting to a surrounding area of a vehicle, lighting apparatus and vehicle having lighting

  • US 9,663,023 B2
  • Filed: 10/27/2014
  • Issued: 05/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for automatically adapting vehicle lighting to an area surrounding a vehicle, the method comprising:

  • lighting surroundings of the vehicle via a lighting device of the vehicle,acquiring an image of the surroundings of vehicle,determining whether a road sign is present in the surroundings of the vehicle,if it is determined that the road sign is present in the surroundings of the vehicle, detecting a position of the road sign in the surroundings of the vehicle by analyzing the image,if it is determined that the road sign is present in the surroundings of the vehicle, changing a light emitted by the lighting device of the vehicle in a direction of the detected position of the road sign, such that a reflection of the emitted light at the road sign is reduced,determining light intensities in the imagelocating dominant radiation sources at points in the image when respective light intensities of radiation sources at the points are higher than at other points in the image, andclassifying the dominant radiation sources located in the image with respect to the reflection of the emitted light based at least in part on information received from a high-beam assistance system relating to oncoming vehicles.

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