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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenichi Nishimura, Gifu, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/06 ; B60Q 1/08 ; B60Q 1/10 ; F21V 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/06 ; B60Q 1/08 ; B60Q 1/10 ; F21V 1/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention changes the headlight optical axis of a vehicle in relation to an inclination angle during normal control and to properly adjust the optical axis according to information including front information about a car ahead. The headlight optical axis is adjusted based on the inclination angle of a vehicle, road information in the direction of travel, presence of a car ahead, a distance between vehicles, and the center optical axis angle corrected according to changes in horizontal and vertical behavior of the car ahead.