Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for reducing headlight glare, headlight system and system controller for controlling a headlight system
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Application No.: US16478059Application Date: 2017-12-13
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Publication No.: US10703256B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Nicholas Ridler , Irene Funez , Shammika Wickramasinghe
- Applicant: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Coventry, Warwickshire
- Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
- Current Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Coventry, Warwickshire
- Agency: Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@29f13cce
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/082538 WO 20171213
- International Announcement: WO2018/130361 WO 20180719
- Main IPC: B60Q1/14
- IPC: B60Q1/14 ; G06K9/46 ; G06T7/73 ; H05B47/11 ; G06K9/00

Abstract:
A method (100) for reducing headlight glare experienced by a user of a vehicle (10), the vehicle (10) comprising a headlight system (12) having at least one headlight (30, 32) operable to illuminate an environment external to the vehicle, the method (100) comprising: illuminating the environment external to the vehicle; obtaining (102) image data of the illuminated environment; performing (146) a first analysis of brightness values of the image data to identify reflective surfaces that may cause glare; performing (148) a second analysis of brightness values of the image data to categorise the identified reflective surfaces into at least two categories; and adjusting (149) the light output from the at least one headlight (30, 32) in the direction of each identified reflective surface in dependence on the category of that reflective surface.
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