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AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsYutaka Nakanishi, Manabu Sasa, Atsushi Yamazaki
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A curvature estimation unit estimates the curvature of the road on which a vehicle is driving. A swivel angle setting unit is configured to perform a first mode in which a swivel angle of a lamp unit is set such that a light distribution pattern follows the travelling direction of the vehicle based on the curvature estimated by the curvature estimation unit, and perform a second mode in which a swivel angle of the lamp unit is set such that a shielded area created in a light distribution pattern follows the position of the vehicle detected by a vehicle position detector. A pattern determination unit determines a light distribution pattern such that the position of the vehicle detected by the vehicle position detector remains in the shielded area. A swivel angle setting unit performs the first mode when it is determined that the road is a curved road based on the curvature estimated by the curvature estimation unit, and performs the second mode when it is determined that the road is a straight road.
An automotive headlamp apparatus comprising:
A controller for an automotive headlamp apparatus, comprising a swivel angle setting unit configured to receive a position of a forward vehicle from a vehicle position detector and to set a swivel angle of lamp units according to a first mode in which a light distribution pattern created by the lamp units follows the travelling direction of a vehicle containing the headlamp apparatus, and a second mode for swiveling the lamp units such that a shielded area created in the light distribution pattern follows the forward vehicle based on the position of the forward vehicle detected by the vehicle position detector,
A controller for an automotive headlamp apparatus, comprising a swivel angle setting unit configured to receive a position of a forward vehicle from a vehicle position detector and to set a swivel angle of lamp units according to a first mode in which a light distribution pattern created by the lamp units follows the travelling direction of a vehicle containing the headlamp apparatus, and according to a second mode in which a shielded area created in the light distribution pattern follows the forward vehicle based on the position of the forward vehicle detected by the vehicle position detector,
A controller for an automotive headlamp apparatus, comprising a swivel angle setting unit configured to receive a position of a forward vehicle from a vehicle position detector and to set a swivel angle of lamp units such that a shielded area created in the light distribution pattern follows the forward vehicle based on the position of the forward vehicle detected by the vehicle position detector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.