Automatic automobile headlamp leveling device

Abstract

An automatic automobile headlamp leveling device is provided for a headlamp which is driven by an actuator so that a light axis of the headlamp can be tilted up or down relative to a vehicle body. A vehicle speed detection sensor is provided for detecting the vehicle speed, a pitch angle detection sensor is provided for detecting a pitch angle of the vehicle, a storage section is provided for storing a plurality of pitch angle data of the vehicle detected by the pitch angle detection sensor, and a control section is provided for controlling the driving of the actuators. The control section controls the driving of the actuators based on the pitch angle data so that the light axes of the headlamps always stay in a certain tilted state relative to the surface of a road. The storage section is constructed so as to store a plurality of data ranging from latest pitch angle data to pitch angle data detected a predetermined time period prior to the latest data, and the control section controls the driving of the actuator at certain intervals based when the vehicle is at a stop, and when the vehicle is starting, it controls the driving of the actuators based on pitch angle data detected immediately prior to the start of the vehicle by the vehicle speed sensor.