MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND AN AFL-HEADLIGHT SYSTEM

• US 20090062992A1
• Filed: 08/20/2008
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations Incorporated (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: BALZER, Dirk, JACOBS, Malte
• Application Number:
  US12/195,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20090062992A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/49
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/085 due to special conditions, e.g. adverse weather, type of road, badly illuminated road signs or potential dangers B60Q1/10, B60Q1/12, B60Q1/1423 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2300/334 on motorways
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2300/335 Number or size of road lanes
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2300/336 Crossings
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2300/45 Special conditions, e.g. pedestrians, road signs or potential dangers

Abstract

A motor vehicle is provided that has a navigation system and an AFL-headlight system. The alignment of at least one headlight of the motor vehicle can be influenced with the information of the navigation system. In order to improve the illumination of road sections lying ahead, a number of traffic lanes are taken into consideration in the alignment of the headlight.

Claims

1. A system of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a navigation system configured to provide information on a number of available traffic lanes; and

an AFL-headlight system having at least one headlight that is configured to align based at least in part on the information on the number of available traffic lanes provided by the navigation system.

2. The system for the motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the navigation system is further configured to provide information on a presence of an intersection and the at least one headlight is further configured to align based at least in part on the presence of an intersection.

3. The system for the motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the at least one headlight is aligned based at least in part on identification of a future traffic lane to be traveled by the motor vehicle.

4. The system for the motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the at least one headlight is further configured to align based at least in part on a presence of a turn lane.

5. The system for the motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the at least one headlight is further configured to align based at least in part on a present of a merging lane.

6. The system for the motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein at least one headlight is further configured to align based at least in part on internal data of the motor vehicle.

7. The system for the motor vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising an image processing system configured to generate an image, wherein the at least one headlight is further configured to align based at least in part on the image generated by the image processing system.