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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2018
Fumihiko Mouri, Owariasahi, JP;
Susumu Yamamoto, Toyota, JP;
Satoshi Yamamura, Shizuoka, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a headlamp device for a vehicle, including: a visible light source that irradiates visible light to provide a field of view at a vehicle front side; a detection light source that irradiates detection light that detects obstacles; a MEMS mirror changeable between a first angle and a second angle that is different from the first angle, the MEMS mirror at the first angle reflecting visible light, irradiated from the visible light source, toward the vehicle front side, and the MEMS mirror at the second angle reflecting detection light, irradiated from the detection light source, toward the vehicle front side; and a light receiving element that receives reflected light that has reached and been reflected by an obstacle.