Motor vehicle headlamp system, motor vehicle, method for operating a motor vehicle headlamp system as well as computer program product

US10442341B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

• Philipp Roeckl · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Frank Langkabel · Gerolzhofen, DE
• Rouven Haberkorn · Darmstadt, DE
• Ingolf Schneider · Adelsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Q2300/45
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle headlamp system with at least one headlamp, wherein the headlamp is designed to emit a variable light distribution, at least one driver monitoring device for detecting the viewing direction of a driver, an environmental monitoring device for monitoring the environment of the motor vehicle and detecting at least one object in the environment of the motor vehicle, a memory connected with the environmental monitoring device for storing information about the objects, and a controller that is connected with the memory and driver monitoring device, which is set up to compare the location of the object with the viewing direction of the driver, wherein the controller is set up to alter the light distribution of the at least one headlamp so as to illuminate the object when the viewing direction of the driver is turned toward the object. Also described are a motor vehicle, a method for operating a motor vehicle headlamp system, as well as a computer program product.