Chan, Kai Chi. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-98). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.v / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Motivation --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Literature Review --- p.7 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Headlamp Preference Investigation --- p.7 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Vehicle Dynamic System --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- Inertial Navigation Systems --- p.11 / Chapter 1.4 --- Objective --- p.12 / Chapter 1.5 --- A Sensor Based Method --- p.14 / Chapter 1.5.1 --- Accelerometer --- p.14 / Chapter 1.5.2 --- Lighting --- p.16 / Chapter 1.5.3 --- System Design --- p.19 / Chapter 1.6 --- Thesis Organization --- p.20 / Chapter 1.7 --- Achievement and Contributions --- p.21 / Chapter 2 --- Methodology --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1 --- Kinematics of a Turning Car --- p.24 / Chapter 2.2 --- Headlamp Direction Prediction --- p.27 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Steering Wheel Angle Measurement --- p.28 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Steering Wheel Angle Stabilization --- p.31 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Auxiliary Headlamps Control --- p.36 / Chapter 3 --- Implementation --- p.48 / Chapter 3.1 --- Hardware Configuration --- p.49 / Chapter 3.2 --- Design Framework --- p.51 / Chapter 3.3 --- Night Drive Simulator --- p.55 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Simulator Configuration --- p.56 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Turning Path Prediction --- p.61 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Auxiliary Headlamps Control --- p.63 / Chapter 4 --- Experiments --- p.65 / Chapter 4.1 --- Steering Wheel Angle Measurement --- p.66 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Experiment Setup --- p.66 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Evaluation Results --- p.68 / Chapter 4.2 --- Auxiliary Headlamps Prediction --- p.71 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Simulation --- p.72 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Test Drive --- p.76 / Chapter 5 --- Conclusions --- p.86 / Chapter 5.1 --- Summary --- p.86 / Chapter 5.2 --- Limitations and Future Works --- p.87 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Headlamp of LEDs --- p.87 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Simple Car Model --- p.88 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Response Time of Filtering --- p.88 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Test Drive --- p.89 / Chapter 6 --- Publications --- p.90 / Bibliography --- p.91