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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2015
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Frank Langkabel, Rüsselsheim, DE;
Philipp Roeckl, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Ingolf Schneider, Rüsselsheim, DE;
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); B60Q 1/16 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/1423 (2013.01); B60Q 1/085 (2013.01); B60Q 1/16 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/23 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor vehicle includes a headlamp configured to project an adjustable light beam; a plurality of cameras positioned at different locations in the motor vehicle and oriented to capture a head of a driver; a controller in data communication with the cameras to determine at least one region of attention of the driver from data captured by the cameras, and adaptively control the light beam of the headlamp based on the region of attention of the driver.