Motor vehicle headlight with an intelligent motorway flasher
US10864847B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 14, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60Q2300/41
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle (10) that has one or preferably two such lighting devices that are set up to produce a headlamp flasher signaling function, the lighting device being associated with a controller, the controller controlling the lighting device upon activation of the headlamp flasher signaling function to produce, from the lighting device, a headlamp flasher light distribution, especially in the form of a high beam light distribution (LHV), especially for a defined period of time, in an area in front of the at least one lighting device or in an area in front of the vehicle (10). It is provided that in the case in which the motor vehicle is located on a one-way multilane road (FB) that can only be traveled in one direction (R) and a motor vehicle (20) is driving in front in the lane (FS1) of the motor vehicle (10), the at least one lighting device is set up to produce, in accordance with control commands of the controller (7), a modified headlamp flasher light distribution which only illuminates a subarea (LHV′) of the area (LHV) illuminable by the unmodified headlamp flasher light distribution.
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