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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2010
Kentaro Tani, Shizuoka, JP;
Noriko Sato, Shizuoka, JP;
Motohiro Komatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Hidetada Tanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ishida, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Takuya Kotajima, Shizuoka, JP;
Kentaro Tani, Shizuoka, JP;
Noriko Sato, Shizuoka, JP;
Motohiro Komatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Hidetada Tanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ishida, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Takuya Kotajima, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automotive headlamp apparatus comprises: a lamp unit configured to be capable of forming an additional light distribution pattern that includes an upper area above the cut-off line of a light distribution pattern for low beam and that is divided into a plurality of individual patterns; and a controller configured to control formation of each of the individual patterns in accordance with presence of a forward vehicle. The controller reduces the illuminance of an individual pattern overlapping an area where a forward vehicle is present and increases the illuminance of at least one of other individual patterns.