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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2005
Mitsuhito Ito, Fujisawa, JP;
Kenya Uenuma, Yokohama, JP;
Keijiro Iwao, Yokohama, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An illumination property of headlightsis controlled so that light quantity or color in a belt-like region B including a virtual line segment A may be different from those in other regions, and thereby the virtual line segment A which uniformly inclines downward from an apex T deviated from a driver toward opposite sides in a vehicle-width direction is indicated on a road surface. The virtual line segment A thus indicated can suppress inclinations of forward visibility and also suppress the sway of ahead inclination angle when a vehicle turns, thereby stabilizing a driving posture of a driver and suppressing steering disturbance.