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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Yoshinao Daicho, Shizuoka, JP;
Shigetoshi Kajiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshinao Daicho, Shizuoka, JP;
Shigetoshi Kajiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle headlamp apparatuscomprising a headlampfor illuminating ahead of a subject vehiclean image capture meansfor capturing an imageahead of the subject vehicle, a road terminal end determining meansfor determining a terminal end of a road ahead of the subject vehicle from the image captured by the image capture means, and a light distribution control meansfor varying a light distribution of the head lamp so as to illuminate a location which is determined to be the terminal end of the road by the road terminal end determining means.