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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2022
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuharu Mano, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Kawabata, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomoki Wakasugi, Shizuoka, JP;
Shuji Matsuura, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle headlight includes: an image generation unit; a light source unit configured to emit light based on an image generated by the image generation unit; and a memory configured to store a reference image for forming a reference light distribution pattern and a plurality of additional images, in which each of the plurality of additional images is one of a plurality of darkened images, and a plurality of brightened images, and the image generation unit generates the image for forming a predetermined light distribution pattern by light emitted from the light source unit by selecting at least one additional image and superimposing the selected additional image on a part of the reference image, the predetermined light distribution pattern being obtained by changing an amount of light of a predetermined region overlapping a predetermined target object in the reference light distribution pattern.