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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2011
Takahiro Nakano, Kariya, JP;
Takahito Nishii, Nagoya, JP;
Tsutomu Kamizono, Nagoya, JP;
Daisuke Nishitani, Kariya, JP;
Takahiro Nakano, Kariya, JP;
Takahito Nishii, Nagoya, JP;
Tsutomu Kamizono, Nagoya, JP;
Daisuke Nishitani, Kariya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A light quantity control apparatus, which controls light quantity of a light of a vehicle, includes a traffic-jam-information obtaining unit obtaining traffic-jam-information including information on positions and on presence/absence of a traffic jam, a vehicle-position obtaining unit obtaining a position of a vehicle, a traffic-jam identifying unit identifying whether the vehicle is in a traffic jam based on the traffic-jam-information and the position of the vehicle, a traffic-jam-time light quantity control unit decreasing the light quantity compared with a normal time if the vehicle is in a traffic jam, an urban-district obtaining unit obtaining information on whether or not the vehicle is in an urban district or near an intersection, and an urban-district-traveling-time light quantity control unit decreasing the light quantity compared with a case where the vehicle is in an area other than urban districts and intersections if the vehicle is in the urban district or near an intersection.