Vehicle headlamp device
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorRyosuke Makii
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Abstract
A vehicle headlamp device includes a headlamp unit, a light distribution direction changer, a traveling state changer, and an arithmetic controller. The headlamp unit is configured to illuminate an area ahead of a vehicle. The light distribution direction changer is configured to change a light distribution direction of the headlamp unit. The traveling state changer is configured to change a traveling state of the vehicle. The arithmetic controller is configured to, upon detecting a backward movement of the vehicle due to an operation received by the traveling state changer, cause the light distribution direction changer to change the light distribution direction of the headlamp unit more outward in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle than in a normal traveling state.
Claims8
A vehicle headlamp device comprising:
- a headlamp unit configured to illuminate an area ahead of a vehicle;
- a light distribution direction changer configured to change a light distribution direction of the headlamp unit;
- a traveling state changer configured to change a traveling state of the vehicle;
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- an arithmetic controller configured to, upon detecting a backward movement of the vehicle due to an operation received by the traveling state changer, cause the light distribution direction changer to change the light distribution direction of the headlamp unit more outward in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle than in a normal traveling state.
A vehicle headlamp device comprising:
- a headlamp unit comprising a light source, the headlamp unit being configured to illuminate an area ahead of a vehicle;
- a light distribution direction changer comprising an actuator, the light distribution direction changer being configured to change a light distribution direction of the headlamp unit;
- a traveling state changer comprising a shift lever or a shift switch, the traveling state changer being configured to change a traveling state of the vehicle;
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- circuitry configured to, upon detecting a backward movement of the vehicle due to an operation received by the traveling state changer, cause the light distribution direction changer to change the light distribution direction of the headlamp unit more outward in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle than in a normal traveling state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.