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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2023
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Kuramochi, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Okano, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Shuhei Dairokuno, Tokyo, JP;
Motohiro Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuyuki Umezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle light distribution control apparatus includes a first surrounding environment recognition device configured to recognize a surrounding environment around a vehicle and detect first object information in the recognized surrounding environment, and a second surrounding environment recognition device configured to acquire map information in a predetermined range based on the positional information of the vehicle, and second object information included in the acquired map information, and an illumination device configured to radiate illumination light. An illumination control unit is configured to compare the first object information and the second object information, identify objects that are detected in the second object information and are not detected in the first object information, set the objects as light distribution candidate objects respectively, set light distribution priority levels of the light distribution candidate objects respectively, and perform the light distribution control based on the light distribution priority levels.