Method of controlling beam projection of headlights of a motor vehicle

1. A method for traffic-dependent control of beam projection of headlights in motor vehicles, which comprises the steps of:

providing images from at least two image recording units to a control unit for evaluation;

generating a road profile as a three-dimensional image from the images of the at least two image recording units;

detecting at least one of a marking of a roadway and edges of the roadway during the generating of the road profile step;

comparing the road profile and further sensed light sources, including lights of traffic ahead and oncoming traffic, for plausibility;

determining if the further sensed light sources are relevant light sources or irrelevant light sources; and

carrying out further control of the beam projection of the headlights of the motor vehicle on a basis of a differentiation between the relevant light sources and the irrelevant light sources.

2. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises:

classifying a light source position which appears to be located underneath the roadway as an irrelevant light source;

recording a light source located above the roadway as a relevant light source; and

not taking into account the irrelevant light sources for an actuation of the headlight.

3. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises carrying out predictive activation of the headlights in bends when a bend is detected.

4. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises setting a low beam light lower and tangent to an upper edge of bump forms when bumps in the road profile are detected.

5. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises raising a low beam light until a section of a roadway leading out of a depression is fully illuminated when depressions are detected.