GLARE REDUCING ENHANCEMENTS FOR VEHICLE EXTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEMS

摘要

An exterior lighting system of a motor vehicle ( 10 ) has headlamps ( 12 ) and foglamps ( 14 ) for illuminating a field of view. The headlamps have lenses ( 26 ) through which light passes to illuminate the field of view and are constructed to alter the light that is directed within the headlamps toward upper zones ( 26 A) of the lenses relative to light that is directed toward lower zones ( 26 B) of the lenses when both headlamps and foglamps are shining onto the field of view so as to attenuate headlight glare that would otherwise be seen by a driver of the vehicle looking toward the field of view in the absence of the light alteration. Various embodiments of inventive headlamps are shown.