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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Tomonari Sawada, Nagoya, JP;
Tatsuya Takagaki, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A light distribution control apparatus comprises an irradiating apparatus and an irradiation control apparatus. When a vehicle is travelling on an own lane, the irradiation control apparatus lightens a first region including a region right in front of the vehicle using the irradiating apparatus. When a request for lane change to a target lane occurs under a situation where the vehicle is travelling on the own lane, the irradiation control apparatus lightens a second region using the irradiating apparatus, the second region including a region-at-a-lane-change-side positioned at a target lane side with respect to the first region and a reduced region which is a region where the first region is reduced to a region near the vehicle as well as control the irradiating apparatus so that illuminance in the reduced region becomes less than or equal to illuminance in the reduced region before the request for lane change occurs.