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Patent No.:

US 10189396 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2015

Vehicle headlamp control device

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuya Asaoka, Seto, JP;

Shinichi Kojima, Nagakute, JP;

Kazunori Higuchi, Nagakute, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Crystal L Hammond

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); F21S 41/30 (2018.01); F21S 41/675 (2018.01); F21S 41/141 (2018.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01); G02F 1/133 (2006.01); G02F 1/137 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0011 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); F21S 41/141 (2018.01); F21S 41/30 (2018.01); F21S 41/675 (2018.01); G06K 9/00604 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H05B 33/0854 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/056 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/45 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08); G02F 1/137 (2013.01); G02F 1/13306 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle headlamp control device includes a headlamp that irradiates an area in front of a vehicle, a camera that captures an image of the area in front of the vehicle, a pedestrian detection portion configured to detect a pedestrian in front of the vehicle from an image captured by the camera, and a control portion configured to control the headlamp and cause the headlamp to irradiate the pedestrian so that a given-shaped part that is not irradiated is formed at a location of an eye of the pedestrian, or a given-shaped part irradiated by dimmed light is formed at the location of the eye of the pedestrian.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Asaoka, Kazuya. (2019). Vehicle headlamp control device (U.S. Patent No. 10189396). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10189396

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