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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2006
Applicants:
Ryu Mizuno, Kariya, JP;
Kazuhiko Nakashima, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Ryu Mizuno, Kariya, JP;
Kazuhiko Nakashima, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle headlight apparatus includes a headlight and an actuator. The actuator horizontally changes a lighting direction of the headlight. The vehicle headlight apparatus drives the actuator such that the actuator horizontally changes the lighting direction of the headlight based on a target swivel angle that is determined based on a travel condition, upon the occurrence of one of the following conditions: (a) the vehicle headlight apparatus detects a dark road section located on a downstream side of a current position of a vehicle, or (b) the headlight is switched on.