Headlight controller and vehicle headlight system

A headlight controller including an adaptive driving system (ADB) for controlling right and left headlights each having an optical axis be capable of projecting a plurality of light-emitting patterns in a plurality of light-emitting areas, wherein the plurality of light-emitting patterns align in a horizontal direction of a road, each of the light-emitting patterns is independently drown, each of the adjacent light-emitting patterns overlaps with respect to each other without a space between the adjacent light-emitting patterns, and each of edge portions of the plurality of light-emitting areas is a respective one of non-overlapping regions of the adjacent light-emitting patterns and each of middle portions of the plurality of light-emitting areas is a respective one of overlapping regions of the adjacent light-emitting patterns, comprising:

• a camera having an optical axis (CA) being located adjacent a subject vehicle, which incorporates the right and left headlight into a right and left front of the subject vehicle, configured to photograph at least one vehicle located in a forward direction of the subject vehicle, and the camera being configured to output the at least one vehicle photographed by the camera as image data;
• a vehicle detector configured to detect the at least one vehicle in accordance with the image data output from the camera, configured to generate locating data of the at least one vehicle with respect to the optical axis of the camera, and being configured to output the locating data vehicle as vehicle data;
• a light-emitting area controller configured to detect whether the at least one vehicle exists or not in the travelling direction of the subject vehicle in accordance with the vehicle data output from the vehicle detector, configured to determine light pattern data including a light-emitting area and a non-light-emitting area when the vehicle exists, and configured to output said light pattern data as light-emitting area data;
• a light distribution controller configured to receive the light-emitting area data output from the light-emitting area controller, and configured to output a light-emitting control signal to the right and left headlight of the object vehicle in accordance with the light-emitting area data output from the light-emitting area controller;
• and wherein at least one light-emitting area where the at least one vehicle is located in the plurality of light-emitting areas is darker than another light-emitting area where the at least one vehicle is not located in the plurality of light-emitting areas.