Vehicle light distribution control apparatus

A vehicle light distribution control apparatus to be applied to a vehicle, the vehicle light distribution control apparatus comprising:

• a first surrounding environment recognition device configured to recognize a surrounding environment around the vehicle and detect first object information in the recognized surrounding environment;
• a vehicle positional information acquiring device configured to acquire positional information of the vehicle;
• a second surrounding environment recognition device configured to acquire map information in a predetermined range based on the positional information of the vehicle, and second object information included in the acquired map information;
• an illumination device configured to radiate illumination light;
• and
• an illumination control unit configured to perform light distribution control on the illumination light to be radiated from the illumination device,
• wherein the illumination control unit is configured to
• compare the first object information and the second object information,
• identify objects that are detected in the second object information and are not detected in the first object information,
• set the objects as light distribution candidate objects respectively,
• set light distribution priority levels of the light distribution candidate objects respectively, and
• perform the light distribution control based on the light distribution priority levels.