摘要 |
A control system to control the brightness of the headlamps of a vehicle comprising:
an image array sensor and an optical system configured to image the scene forward of the vehicle onto said image array sensor;
a control unit configured to:
process images received from said image array sensor, identify light sources in said images,
determine the brightness of the light sources within said images,
generate a control signal to set the state of the high beam headlamps,
compare the brightness of an identified light source to an absolute high level brightness threshold,
and, if the brightness of the light source is above said threshold, cause the vehicle to immediately dim the bright headlamps,
€ƒ€ƒ€ƒwherein the image array sensor is aimed through a portion of the controlled vehicle windshield cleaned by a windshield wiper. |