Vehicle with road surface rendering function

A vehicle with a road surface rendering function, the vehicle comprising:

• a headlamp member comprising a headlamp light source, the headlamp member being configured to project light from the headlamp light source in a light projection direction;
• a headlamp member controller comprising a first central processing unit (CPU) configured to determine a swivel angle of the headlamp member based on a shape of a road on which the vehicle is traveling and to determine the light projection direction based on the swivel angle of the headlamp member to control the headlamp member to project the light from the headlamp light source in the determined light projection direction;
• a projection member comprising a projection light source different from the headlamp light source, the projection member being configured to project, using light from the projection light source, a road surface rendering image at a projection position on a road surface at least in a region forward of the vehicle;
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• a projection member controller comprising a second central processing unit (CPU) configured to determine the projection position of the road surface rendering image based on the swivel angle of the headlamp member and to control the projection member to project the road surface rendering image at the determined projection position,
• wherein, when the vehicle is traveling along a straight road, i) the headlamp member controller is configured to determine that the shape of the road is straight, determine a first swivel angle of the headlamp member based on the straight road, and control the headlamp member to project the light from the headlamp light source in a first projection direction based on the first swivel angle of the headlamp member and ii) the projection member controller is configured to determine a first projection position based on the first swivel angle of the headlamp member and to control the projection member to project the road surface rendering image at the first projection position, and
• wherein, when the vehicle is traveling along a curved road, i) the headlamp member controller is configured to determine that the shape of the road is curved, determine a second swivel angle of the headlamp member based on the curved road, and control the headlamp member to project the light from the headlamp light source in a second projection direction based on the second swivel angle of the headlamp member, the second swivel angle being offset from the first swivel angle toward an inside of a curve of the curved road and ii) the projection member controller is configured to determine a second projection position of the road surface rendering image based on the second swivel angle of the headlamp member and to control the projection member to project the road surface rendering image at the second projection position, the second projection position being offset from the first projection position toward the inside of the curve of the curved road.