Abstract:
The vehicles' illuminations level in the road in the night is uncontrolled and beyond
the bearable level these days. There are two different beam modes in vehicles, such
as dim and high. The high beam mode makes additional illuminance to see through
the road far distances in remote areas where the least traffic and pedestrians. The
additional horizontal light beams of an approaching vehicle in an urban area with
high traffic may cause temporary blindness of drivers and pedestrians. Therefore, the
higher beams must be switched to dim mode within a certain distance of a pedestrian
or an approaching vehicle. Usually, it is difficult to switch time to time manually in
between those modes in reality. Therefore, this study investigates horizontal light
illuminance and analyses to make an automated beam control module to be
incorporated in the vehicle.
