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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2022
Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., Isehara, JP;
Yasufumi Suzuki, Isehara, JP;
Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., Isehara, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides: a vehicle lamp control device that can extend, in accordance with the vehicle speed, the distance over which a vehicle-mounted sensor can detect objects; and a vehicle lamp. Provided is a vehicle lamp control device for controlling headlights which are mounted onto a vehicle provided with an autonomous driving function or a driving assistance function and emit light distribution patterns (PA-L, PA-M, PA-H) forward of the vehicle, wherein when the vehicle is in an autonomous driving state or a driving assistance state, the widths (WH) of the hot zones (HA-L, HA-M, HA-H) of the light distribution patterns (PA-L, PA-M, PA-H) are expanded in increments or continuously as the traveling speed of the vehicle increases.