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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2012
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/10 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/085 (2013.01); B60Q 1/10 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); G06K 9/00825 (2013.01); G08G 1/161 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/056 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/132 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/136 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/41 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for adapting an upper headlight beam boundary of a light cone of at least one headlight of a vehicle includes reading in at least one configuration position of an illumination unit on another vehicle and/or of a vehicle contour of the other vehicle to provide an identification signal of the other vehicle. In addition, the method includes ascertaining the type of the other vehicle, using the identification signal of the other vehicle, and outputting a control signal for adapting the upper headlight beam boundary, the control signal being output taking the ascertained type of vehicle into account.