Adaptive Headlight System for Reducing the Dazzling Effect to Prevent Road Accident

Driving a vehicle at night or in low levels of natural light poses many risks, one of which is caused by the vehicle's headlight. Many drivers prefer to use high beam headlights while driving at night, which improves visibility by allowing them to see a larger area ahead of them. Aside from providing increased visibility and a clearer view of the road ahead, these high beams can strain the eyes of the driver of the vehicle approaching from the opposite direction. This strain on the eyes of the driver can cause a glare effect for a slight duration which can disrupt the vision of the driver and may cause accidents. The glare effect is caused by the use of high beam headlights from the opposite end of the vehicle. The system under consideration uses a LED matrix (Hardware module) in addition to a trained object detection module and a live camera feed (Software module) to detect vehicles, acquire their positions to control the LEDs in our matrix, and control the intensities of those LEDs. Using this system, we aim to control the headlights in an optimized way to reduce the glare effect from impacting the drivers of oncoming vehicles and also illuminate the road ahead without compromising the visibility of the driver. The model assists in overcoming the dizziness or glare effect that a driver may encounter while driving in the dark. It also aims to eliminate the need for the driver to manually control the headlights, which is rarely used.