Vehicle headlight and method for assisting a parking maneuver

US11299091B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZKW Group GmbH · AT

Inventors

• Peter Hartmann · Darmstadt, DE
• Markus Reinprecht · Wieselburg, AT
• Josef Pürstinger · Bad Hall, AT
• Bettina Reisinger · Ybbs an der Donau, AT
• Clemens Hauer · Wieselburg, AT
• Matthias Mayer · Mank, AT
• Christian Kalousek · Neulengbach, AT
• Martin Lahmer · Gföhl, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 3, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Q2400/50
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle headlamp (1) comprising; a high-resolution lighting apparatus (2) for projecting various light distributions onto a roadway area (4) positioned in front of a vehicle (3); an environmental detection device (5) for detecting at least one parking space (6) located in the environment surrounding the vehicle (3); and a control device (7) for dynamically controlling the lighting apparatus (2); wherein the environmental detection device (5) is designed to issue information corresponding to a detected parking space (6) to the control device (7), wherein the control device (7) is designed, in case the environmental detection device (5) detects a parking space (6), to control the lighting apparatus (2), under consideration of at least the information issued by the environmental detection device (5) related to the parking space (6), in such a manner that the lighting apparatus (2) at least projects a definable ground projection (8), which at least represents the vehicle length, onto the roadway area (4) in front of the vehicle (3).