Patent 7896533 was granted and assigned to BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT on March, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A motor vehicle headlight is provided having a basic light source, a swiveling device which is equipped for swiveling the basic light source about a basic swiveling angle, and an infrared radiation source which is coupled with the swiveling device such that, when the basic light source is swiveled by the swiveling device about a basic swiveling angle, the infrared radiation source is swiveled by the swiveling device about an infrared swiveling angle deviating from the basic swiveling angle.