VEHICLE HEADLIGHT CONTROL USING IMAGING SENSOR

摘要

A vehicle headlamp control method and apparatus includes providing an imaging sensor (14) that senses light in spatially separated regions of a field of view forward of the vehicle. Light levels sensed in individual regions of the field of view by a sensor array (38) are evaluated in order to identify light sources of interest, such as oncoming headlights and leading taillights. The vehicle's headlights (18) are controlled by lighting control logic (16) in response to identifying such particular light sources or absence of such light sources. Spectral signatures of light sources may be examined in order to determine if the spectral signature matches that of particular light sources such as the spectral signatures of headlights or taillights. Sensed light levels may also be evaluated for their spatial distributions in order to identify light sources of interest.