VEHICLE HEADLAMP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

A vehicle headlamp apparatus is provided. The vehicle headlamp apparatus includes a first lamp configured to selectively produce a first high beam light distribution pattern and an infrared light distribution pattern, a second lamp configured to selectively produce a second high beam light distribut...

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Main Authors SUGIYAMA YUJI, YOKOI SHOICHIRO, SUGIMOTO ATSUSHI, DEGUCHI HIROHISA
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 11.03.2010
Subjects
ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL
BLASTING
HEATING
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
SYSTEMS THEREOF
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLEEXTERIORS
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
WEAPONS
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Summary:A vehicle headlamp apparatus is provided. The vehicle headlamp apparatus includes a first lamp configured to selectively produce a first high beam light distribution pattern and an infrared light distribution pattern, a second lamp configured to selectively produce a second high beam light distribution pattern and a low beam light distribution pattern, a vehicle detector which detects a vehicle running ahead, and a condition-dependent selection controller which controls the first and second lamps. The condition-dependent selection controller controls the second lamp to produce the low beam light distribution pattern when the vehicle detector detects a vehicle and to produce the second high beam light distribution pattern when the vehicle detector detects no vehicle. The condition-dependent selection controller controls the first lamp to produce the infrared light distribution pattern, irrespective of whether the vehicle detector detects a vehicle.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20090555010