Head lamp device for vehicle

A head lamp device for a vehicle capable of moving a lighting region of a head lamp in front of the vehicle in rightward and leftward directions, comprising:

• lateral movement quantity detecting means for detecting a quantity of lateral movement of the vehicle;
• displacement quantity setting means for setting a quantity of displacement of the lighting region based on said quantity of lateral movement detected by said lateral movement quantity detecting means;
• vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed;
• maximum displacement quantity setting means for setting a maximum quantity of displacement of the lighting region based on said vehicle speed detected by said vehicle speed detecting means;
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• control means for controlling displacement of the lighting region in accordance with said quantity of displacement set by said displacement quantity setting means when said quantity of displacement is less than said maximum quantity of displacement set by said maximum displacement quantity setting means, and controlling displacement of the lighting region in accordance with said maximum quantity of displacement when said quantity of displacement is more than said maximum quantity of displacement.

A head lamp device for a vehicle capable of moving a lighting region of a head lamp in front of the vehicle in rightward and leftward directions, comprising:

• map information outputting means for outputting map information including road data;
• present location detecting means for detecting a present location of the vehicle on the map information;
• displacement quantity setting means for setting a quantity of displacement of the lighting region by forecasting a shape of a road in front of the vehicle based on said map information and said present location;
• vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed;
• maximum displacement quantity setting means for setting a maximum quantity of displacement of the lighting region based on said vehicle speed detected by said vehicle speed detecting means;
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• control means for controlling displacement of the lighting region in accordance with said quantity of displacement set by said displacement quantity setting means when said quantity of displacement is less than said maximum quantity of displacement set by said maximum displacement quantity setting means, and controlling displacement of the lighting region in accordance with said maximum quantity of displacement when said quantity of displacement is more than said maximum quantity of displacement.

A head lamp device for a vehicle capable of moving a lighting region of a head lamp in front of the vehicle in rightward and leftward directions, comprising:

• means for detecting at least one of an operating condition of the vehicle and a present location of the vehicle relative to map information including road data;
• displacement quantity setting means for setting a quantity of displacement of the lighting region based on an output of said detecting means;
• vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed;
• maximum displacement quantity setting means for setting a maximum quantity of displacement of the lighting region based on said vehicle speed detected by vehicle speed detecting means;
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• control means for controlling displacement of the lighting region in accordance with said quantity of displacement set by said displacement quantity setting means when said quantity of displacement is less than said maximum quantity of displacement, and controlling displacement of the lighting region in accordance with said maximum quantity of displacement when said quantity of displacement is more than said maximum quantity of displacement.