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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2023
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shunichi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Noriaki Asano, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A headlamp control apparatus for a vehicle includes a front vehicle detection unit, a speed determination unit, and a headlamp control unit. The headlamp control unit controls lighting of a headlamp, based on a detection by the front vehicle detection unit and a determination by the speed determination unit. The headlamp control unit has: a first mode of varying a region to be illuminated based on a position of a front vehicle when the front vehicle is detected, and switching to high beam when no front vehicle is detected; and a second mode of switching to low beam when the front vehicle is detected, and switching to the high beam when no front vehicle is detected. The headlamp control unit causes the control to transition to the second mode when, in the first mode, the speed determination unit determines that the vehicle's traveling speed has become less than a first speed.