Koito Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

Mitsuharu Mano

Takanori Namba

Masayasu Ito

Osamu Endo

Naoki Tatara

Naoki Kawabata

Takenori Wama

Kosuke Mitani

Takashi Terayama

Shuji Matsuura

Yuji Higashi

Hirotaka Sawada

Keisuke Inagaki

Tomoki Wakasugi

A vehicle headlight includes: an image generation unit; a light source unit configured to emit light based on an image generated by the image generation unit; and a memory configured to store a reference image for forming a reference light distribution pattern and a plurality of additional images, in which each of the plurality of additional images is one of a plurality of darkened images, and a plurality of brightened images, and the image generation unit generates the image for forming a predetermined light distribution pattern by light emitted from the light source unit by selecting at least one additional image and superimposing the selected additional image on a part of the reference image, the predetermined light distribution pattern being obtained by changing an amount of light of a predetermined region overlapping a predetermined target object in the reference light distribution pattern.

Vehicle headlight having an imaging generation unit and a matrix light source unit for producing overlapping images in a light distribution

A vehicle headlamp () includes: a lamp unit (); a boundary determination unit (); and a control unit (CO), in which the control unit (CO) controls the lamp unit () such that an illuminance of light irradiating respective irradiation spots () in an irradiation spot row () formed of irradiation spots () irradiated with light from the light emitting elements () overlapping the boundary () is equal to or lower than the illuminance of light irradiating adjacent irradiation spots () in the bright region side of the irradiation spots (), and is equal to or higher than the illuminance of light irradiating adjacent irradiation spots () in the dark region side of the irradiation spots (), and so that the total amount of light irradiating the irradiation spot row () decreases depending on the proportion of a portion of the irradiation spot row () that overlaps the dark region.

Vehicle headlamp having a lamp unit with a matrix of light emitting units emitting a plurality of irradiation spots and a boundary determination unit and control unit controlling the boundary illuminance

A high-definition lamp unit emits lamp beam with a light distribution containing a cut-off line. A sensor is provided to detect a dynamic component of a pitch angle of a vehicle body during travel. A controller shifts the level of a cut-off line of the light distribution up and down, with reference to a predetermined level defined as a base, corresponding to the dynamic component of the pitch angle of the vehicle body.

Lamp system

A light distribution controller controls a light distribution variable lamp including a plurality of pixels arranged in an array. The processor executes the software program to generate at least one image defining the light distribution of the light distribution variable lamp, and writes the image in the volatile memory. A monitoring microcontroller detects an abnormality of the processor. A hardware logic circuit (i) generates a light distribution image data to be output to the light distribution variable lamp on the basis of at least one image written in the volatile memory in a normal state of the processor, and (ii) generates a light distribution image data on the basis of the generated auxiliary image without depending on the processor in an abnormal state of the processor.

Vehicle lamp system and light distribution controller

A lamp unit and a camera are disposed in a lamp housing including a translucent cover, and an aiming adjustment of the camera is enabled. The camera is provided with a lens hood for preventing light emitted from the lamp unit from being incident on the camera. The lens hood has a required gap with respect to the translucent cover and allows the camera to tilt.

Vehicle lamp

An aiming adjustment method for adjusting a posture of a vehicle lamp provided with a LIDAR device includes: providing a screen in front of the LIDAR device; detecting a state of a surface of the screen by the LIDAR device; detecting an angular error of the posture of the vehicle lamp based on a detection signal indicating the detected state of the surface; and correcting the posture of the vehicle lamp based on the angular error.

Aiming adjustment method and aiming adjustment apparatus for vehicle lamp

A vehicle detecting device includes a region setting unit that sets a plurality of regions of interest having different ranges on image data acquired from an image capturing device that captures an image of a space in front of a host vehicle; and a vehicle determining unit that determines, for each of the regions of interest, presence of a front vehicle based on a luminous point present in the region and that executes a determination at different frequencies in the respective regions of interest.

Vehicle detecting device and vehicle lamp system

An image acquiring apparatus for a vehicle includes a light emitting unit configured to emit pulse light to a predetermined direction, an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of different images of target distance ranges by imaging reflected light returning from the target distance ranges at imaging timings set according to the target distance ranges, and a timing controller configured to control a light emission cycle of the pulse light and the imaging timings. The timing controller is configured to control at least one of the light emission cycle and the imaging timing such that among different target distance ranges, a range of a specific distance necessary for object recognition is imaged with luminance higher than that for ranges other than the range of the specific distance.

Image acquiring apparatus for vehicle, control device, vehicle having image acquiring apparatus for vehicle or control device, and image acquiring method for vehicle

A vehicle image acquisition device includes a light emitting unit configured to emit pulsed light in a predetermined direction, an image acquisition unit configured to capture reflected light returning from a target distance area at an imaging timing set according to the target distance area and acquire a plurality of captured images having different target distances, and a timing control unit configured to control light emission period of the pulsed light and the imaging timing. The light emitting unit includes a first light source for short-distance irradiation and a second light source for long-distance irradiation, and the image acquisition unit is configured by a single camera configured to capture a range irradiated by each of the first light source and the second light source.

Image acquisition device for vehicles and vehicle provided with same

An image acquiring apparatus for a vehicle includes a light emitting unit configured to emit pulse light to a predetermined direction, an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of different images of target distance ranges by imaging reflected light returning from the target distance ranges at imaging timings set according to the target distance ranges, and a timing controller configured to control a light emission cycle of the pulse light and the imaging timings. The timing controller is configured to set a light emission interval time to be longer than a delay time which is a time from a light emission start time point of the light emitting unit to an imaging start time point of the image acquisition unit and is required to image a longest-distance range of the target distance ranges from which the reflected light can be imaged.

An image acquiring apparatus for a vehicle includes a light emitting unit configured to emit pulse light to a predetermined direction, an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of different images of target distance ranges by imaging reflected light returning from the target distance ranges at imaging timings set according to the target distance ranges, and a timing controller configured to control a light emission cycle of the pulse light and the imaging timings. The timing controller is configured to control the light emission cycle and the imaging timings such that the light emission cycle and the imaging timings are modulated by random numbers.

A vehicle sensor includes a first light source for short-distance irradiation and a first camera for short-distance imaging mounted on one headlamp of a pair of left and right headlamps provided in a vehicle, and a second light source for long-distance irradiation and a second camera for long-distance imaging mounted on the other headlamp of the pair of left and right headlamps.

Vehicular sensor and vehicle provided with same

A vehicle image acquisition device includes a RGB light source unit having a red light source configured to emit red light, a green light source configured to emit green light, and a blue light source configured to emit blue light, the RGB light source unit being configured to emit respective color light at a predetermined light emission period in a predetermined direction, an image acquisition unit configured to capture reflected light returning from a target distance area at an imaging timing set according to the target distance area, and to acquire a plurality of captured images having different target distance areas, a timing controller configured to control light emission period of the respective color light and the imaging timing; and an image processor configured to combine the captured images each acquired by the respective color light to generate a color image.

Image acquisition device to be used by vehicle and vehicle provided with same

A camera monitor system includes: a capturing device; a displaying device; a detecting device detecting at least one of a state of an engine switch of a vehicle, a state of an engine, a state of a gear shift, an open/closed state of a door, and a seated state of a driver; and a control device controlling consumed power by the capturing device and the displaying device on the basis of at least one type of detection output of the detecting device. The control device controls at least one of the capturing device and the displaying device to a low power consumption state when a specified time elapses since the detection output of the detecting device is changed.

Camera monitor system

Provided is a vehicle lamp lighting control device which ensures proper lighting control of a lamp even when an abnormality occurs in the lamp or a camera. The vehicle lamp lighting control device includes a plurality of lamps (L-HL, R-HL) mounted on a vehicle, and each of the lamps includes a lamp unit () for illuminating a required region, an imaging unit () for imaging the required region, and a lamp control unit () for controlling lighting of the lamp unit () based on a captured image. When one lamp of the plurality of lamps is abnormal, the lamp control unit () of another lamp controls lighting of at least one normal lamp unit () of the plurality of lamps.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Mitsuharu Mano