The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gerald Doerne, Cologne, DE;
Gregor Allexi, Troisdorf, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
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 () of a roadway section () 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 () 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.