Headlight detection was an important item of vehicle safety testing which main detection contents included light intensity and beam irradiation direction. It was to ensure the safe operation of vehicle at night or in adverse visual conditions. The basic concepts and testing standards of headlight were introduced, and the reasons of high failure rate for headlight detection were discussed. The main error correction methods of vehicle parking position in headlight detection were compared, and their advantages and disadvantages were analyzed. An error correction system of headlight testing measurement data was designed based on machine vision, and the process of system realization was given. It could provide a method to get more accurate measurement results of automobile headlight detecting.
