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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2025
Applicant:

Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshio Hamanaka, Tokyo, JP;

Ryotaro Owada, Tokyo, JP;

Takeshi Kambara, Tokyo, JP;

Ken Nishioka, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/056 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/132 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/41 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/45 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control apparatus for a headlamp in which irradiation lights of a left-side variable light distribution unit and a right-side variable light distribution unit are overlapped to form a combined irradiation light in front of a vehicle, where the control apparatus performs: to set a first and a second light dimming ranges in the irradiation range of each of the left-side and right-side variable light distribution units according to an object position; to set irradiation ranges of a first and a second correction light at the left and right corners of the lower end of a combined light dimming range configured to include the first and second light dimming ranges; and to provide control signals to the left-side and right-side variable light distribution units to realize the combined irradiation light including the first and second light dimming ranges, and the irradiation ranges of the first and second correction light.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hamanaka, Yoshio. (2026). Control apparatus for headlamp, control method for headlamp, and headlamp system (U.S. Patent No. 12773944). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12773944

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