<p>The subject-matter of the present application refers to a method of automatically controlling vehicle headlamps in a system comprising an image sensor generating a plurality of pixel levels from a scene being imaged and a controller to generate headlamp control signals, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving pixel levels from the image sensor;
analyzing the image input from the image sensor to determine the number of AC light source objects in the image; and
selectively generating a headlamp control signal in accordance with the results of the steps of analyzing, and inhibiting operation of the high beams when the number of AC light source objects exceeds a threshold.</p>
