The invention describes a system with a multifunctional integrated visual sensor using a CMOS or CCD technology matrix having a sensitive area divided into sub-areas dedicated to a series of specific functions.

A relay static actuator (9) closes the circuit based on a signal from an electronic equipment (3) and the physical status of the vehicle controls. The actuator turns OFF the low beams upon exiting a superhighway station only when sufficient light condition...

The vehicle lights are controlled by especially photodiodes which may have lenses so that they may receive light over a wide radius. The global sensor (10) at the front of the vehicle may have two directional sensors (14) receiving light from the sides. Th...

The automatic switching device has at least one sensor element (14,16,18) for detecting IR radiation and an associated filter element (22,26,28,30), ensuring that only IR radiation is received by the sensor element. The signals (S1,S2,S3) from the sensor e...

An imaging system for use in a vehicle headlamp control system includes an aperture, an image sensor, a red lens blocking red complement light between the aperture and the image sensor, and a red complement lens blocking red light between the aperture and ...

A night vision system 10 for a vehicle includes a pulsed light source 14 operating at a predetermined pulse timing for illuminating a region proximate the vehicle. A light sensor 14 is used to generate one or more light signals in response to detecting lig...

During the lamp (12) lighting phase the lamps current and/or power intensity is controlled as a function of the future evolution of luminosity exterior to the vehicle. in order to optimize the lamps life duration. The electric supply current and/or power i...

In a vehicle headlight optical axis adjusting apparatus, inter-vehicle distance (D1, D2, D3) in each of divided zones (Z1, Z2, Z3) is detected by a laser radar device (40). Desired optical axis raising angles (&thetas;H1, &thetas;H2, &thetas;H3) for a vehi...

The testing device provides short-term disconnection of the voltage supply to the sensors (2) detecting the background ambient light level and the light level in the vehicle travel direction, for simulation of the night-time conditions, with verification o...