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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Inventor:
Ryu Mizuno, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/1423 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60Q 1/1438 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/056 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/41 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus () for vehicle headlight including a rear end detection unit () that detects a rear end () of a preceding vehicle () and a light blocking area setting unit () that sets a light blocking area () that includes the rear end within a light illumination area of a headlight () of an own vehicle (), wherein the light blocking area setting unit sets the light blocking area such that a spreading extent () of the light blocking area outside the rear end is wider on a side in which a front end of the preceding vehicle is present than on the opposite side with reference to the rear end as viewed from the own vehicle.