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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2019
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Jei Hyun Baek, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae Woong Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a vehicular headlamp is provided. The apparatus includes an image capture unit that acquires a surrounding image of a subject vehicle, a steering angle detection unit that detects a steering angle of the subject vehicle, and a controller operates a headlamp of the subject vehicle based on the steering angle. The controller detects whether a forward vehicle is present from the acquired surrounding image when the headlamp of the subject vehicle is turned on, and detect whether the forward vehicle is positioned within a set region of the image when the forward vehicle is present. Some of high beams of the headlamp are turned off based on the detected steering angle when the forward vehicle is positioned within the set region of the image.