A headlamp control apparatus includes: a headlamp configured to emit light having a high beam pattern in a forward direction from a vehicle; an image capturing unit configured to capture a surrounding image of the vehicle, the surrounding image of the vehicle referring to an image of a peripheral environment of the vehicle; a median barrier detection unit configured to detect a presence of a median barrier around the vehicle, by using information obtained from the surrounding image; and a lamp controller configured to control the light of the headlamp in response to detecting the presence of the median barrier and determining that the vehicle is close to the median barrier.

This disclosure relates to an illumination device for a motor vehicle. The illumination device provides a first light beam bundle with a first light distribution for illuminating an environment of the motor vehicle in a first operating mode, and provides a second light beam bundle with a second light distribution for displaying a measurement pattern onto the environment in a second operating mode. The illumination device comprises a control device designed to alternately periodically activate the first operating mode and the second operating mode. This disclosure also relates to a driver assistance system comprising such an illumination device and an image detection unit, as well as a motor vehicle comprising a driver assistance system of this type. This disclosure further relates to a corresponding method.

An image projection apparatus that can be attached to a vehicle and can be effectively utilized for acquisition of road surface condition information, detection of a hidden vehicle, and the like is provided. The image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information related to a vehicle; an image projection unit that projects an image based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit; and imaging means that acquires an image outside the vehicle, the image projection unit projects light in a wavelength band centered on a wavelength of 1.4 m, and the imaging means provides the information related to the vehicle by imaging an image projected based on the light in the wavelength band centered on the wavelength of 1.4 m.

A lamp for a vehicle includes: a lamp module configured to project a light having a beam pattern onto a road surface; at least one processor; and a computer-readable medium coupled to the at least one processor having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: obtaining vehicle driving information associated with driving of the vehicle; determining, based on vehicle driving information, a light adjustment region; and based on the determination of the light adjustment region, performing a gradual control of light projected to the light adjustment region, the gradual control of light configured to progressively change a brightness of light in the light adjustment region.

A display device for a vehicle includes a light source, an image generating section configured to modulate light emitted from the light source using an image according to an inter-vehicle distance between a host vehicle and a preceding vehicle and generate an image according to the inter-vehicle distance, a condensing optical system configured to condense light having information representing the image according to the inter-vehicle distance generated by the image generating section, and a reflecting section configured to reflect the light condensed by the condensing optical system and project the light to a road surface, wherein the reflecting section has a reflecting surface with a curvature that gradually increases from a rear side in a projecting direction toward a front side in the projecting direction.

An illumination system for a vehicle includes an illumination device securable to the vehicle and configured to provide illumination of the exterior of the vehicle and a surrounding environment in response to a signal; at least one lighting array in communication with the illumination device configured to illuminate the exterior of the vehicle and the surrounding environment based on the signal received by the illumination device; and a lift system coupled to the illumination device and configured to enable vertical, lateral, and rotational movement of the illumination device relative to the vehicle.

The invention relates to a method for operating a headlight of a vehicle in which the, in particular activated, high beam function is controlled on the basis of surroundings information.

To reduce the reaction time for controlling the high beam function, it is proposed that at least one critical zone (3) of a roadway section (1) in the surroundings ahead is identified in which the appearance of surrounding traffic which is not yet in the field of vision is likely. The identified critical zone (3) is subsequently monitored for at least one indicator for surrounding traffic potentially soon coming into the field of vision, wherein the high beam function is controlled in an appropriate manner upon the appearance of this indicator.

The disclosure relates to a snow vehicle having at least one lighting element for orientation in the surroundings of the vehicle and for optical detection of obstacles and topographical conditions of the surroundings, wherein the lighting element is a laser having at least one laser beam, which projects a pattern having a structure on the ground of the surroundings, said pattern being distorted in a visually recognizable manner on the obstacle to be detected or on the topographical conditions.

The present application relates to a method for controlling a controllable headlight of a motor vehicle, in which the headlight is controlled in such a way that a predefinable light distribution is made available on a traffic route on which the motor vehicle is guided, wherein a profile of the traffic route is determined, and a light output of the headlight is set as a function of the determined profile of the traffic route in order to make available the predefinable light distribution, wherein the light distribution is made available by means of a multiplicity of pixels of a pixel headlight as a controllable headlight, for which purpose the lighting elements which form the pixels are controlled individually with respect to their light output, a region of the traffic route is determined in the direction of travel in front of the motor vehicle, which region is determined to be travelled on by the motor vehicle and is correspondingly bounded laterally, and the lighting elements are controlled in such a way that exclusively the region is illuminated with the predefinable light distribution.

In one embodiment, a headlight control subsystem optimizes headlamps associated with a vehicle. In operation, the headlight control subsystem receives image data and performs image detection operations that identify one or more objects included in the image. The headlight control subsystem then performs lighting calculations that determine characteristics of vehicle headlights that optimally illuminates the identified objects. Subsequently, the headlight control subsystem configures the headlamps to emit the vehicle headlights, thereby illuminating the object. Notably, in low light conditions, because the headlight control system expands the effective view of the driver through the windshield, the headlight control system increases the ability of the driver to comprehend environmental hazards and perform corrective action. By contrast, supplemental low light viewing techniques that rely on secondary screens or projected data may distract and/or confuse the driver and, consequently, may not reduce the likelihood of accidents attributable to low light conditions.