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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2019
Fumihiko Mouri, Owariasahi, JP;
Takahiko Honda, Shizuoka, JP;
Fumihiko Mouri, Owariasahi, JP;
Takahiko Honda, Shizuoka, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle front headlight device includes a light source, a rotating mirror configured by a plurality of mirror bodies, that are rotationally driven about a shaft, and, while rotating, reflecting light emitted by the light source, a lens transmitting light that is reflected by the rotating mirror, a recognition unit configured to recognize a leading vehicle traveling ahead, and a controller controlling a timing at which the light source is switched off and a timing at which the light source is switched on, such that light is not illuminated onto the leading vehicle recognized by the recognition unit and such that an illumination intensity of light illuminated in a vicinity of both ends in a vehicle width direction of the leading vehicle is lower than an illumination intensity of light illuminated at an outer side of the vicinity of the both ends in the vehicle width direction of the leading vehicle.