Title:
VEHICULAR HEADLAMP SYSTEM AND CONTROL UNIT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014172566
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular headlamp system that does not give glare to a pedestrian or a driver of an opposed vehicle but upgrades forward discernment.SOLUTION: A vehicular headlamp system includes a first optical system 10La capable of forming a dark portion 41a that linearly extends forward a lighting fixture within an irradiation area, a second optical system 10Lb that is located at a position in a lateral direction different from the position of the first optical system 10La and can irradiate light forward the lighting fixture, a forward sensor 20 that detects an object-of-interception entity A such as an opposed vehicle, and a control unit 30 that controls the first optical system 10La and second optical system 10Lb on the basis of the position of the object-of-interception entity A so that the first optical system 10La can form the dark portion on the object-of-interception entity A and the second optical system 10Lb can illuminate the forward side and backward side of the object-of-interception entity A within the dark portion 41a.
Inventors:
OTANI TOMOAKI
Application Number:
JP2013049147A
Publication Date:
September 22, 2014
Filing Date:
March 12, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KOITO MFG CO LTD
International Classes:
B60Q1/14
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent business corporation Shin-Ei Patent Firm