Device and method for controlling lamp for vehicle

A method for controlling a lamp for a vehicle, the method comprising:

• a time determination operation of determining whether it is nighttime or daytime from an image of a region around the vehicle;
• a location determination operation of determining whether a current location of the vehicle is a preset location from a navigation;
• an object detection operation of determining whether an object exists in front of and lateral to the vehicle when it is determined to be the nighttime in the time determination operation and when the current location of the vehicle is determined to be the preset location in the location determination operation;
• an object movement sensing operation of sensing a crossing movement of the object when the object exists in the front of and lateral to the vehicle in the object detection operation;
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• a shadow zone control operation of forming a shadow zone in a light irradiation pattern of the lamp based on the crossing movement of the object sensed in the object movement sensing operation.

A device for controlling a lamp for a vehicle, the device comprising:

• a camera for obtaining an image of a region in front of the vehicle and outputting image information;
• a navigation for outputting a current location of the vehicle as map information;
• a front radar for sensing an object in front of the vehicle and generating front radar information;
• a front-lateral radar for sensing an object in front of and lateral to the vehicle and generating front-lateral radar information;
• a lamp controller configured to generate a shadow zone code based on a location of another crossing vehicle when the current location of a present vehicle is a preset location during nighttime travel, based on at least one of the image information, the map information, the front radar information, or the front-lateral radar information;
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• a lamp for forming a shadow zone in a light irradiation pattern based on the shadow zone code.

A method for controlling a lamp for a vehicle, the method comprising:

• a time determination operation of determining whether it is nighttime or daytime from an image of a region around the vehicle;
• a location determination operation of determining whether a current location of the vehicle is a preset location from a navigation;
• an object detection operation of determining whether an object exists in front of and lateral to the vehicle when it is determined to be the nighttime in the time determination operation and when the current location of the vehicle is determined to be the preset location in the location determination operation;
• a daytime image determination algorithm operating operation of determining, when the object located in front of and lateral to the vehicle detected in the object detection operation is crossing, whether the crossing object in an image of a region in front of the vehicle is a vehicle using a daytime recognition algorithm;
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• a shadow zone control operation of forming a shadow zone in a light irradiation pattern of the lamp based on a crossing movement of the vehicle sensed in the daytime image determination algorithm operating operation.