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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Seki, Tokyo, JP;
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A headlight controller, an optical unit and a vehicle headlight can include a headlight controller and an optical unit. The headlight controller can include a system controller and a camera photographing vehicles located in a forward direction thereof, and the system controller can be configured to output a control signal to provide various favorable light distribution patterns by using image data output from the camera in accordance with traffic conditions. The optical unit can be configured to emit beam lights each having a light-emitting angle using lights emitted from first and second white LEDs via a projector lens so that the beam lights can be used as a high and low beam without movable parts. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can include providing vehicle headlights that can form various favorable light distribution patterns by utilizing the characteristics of the controller and the optical unit in accordance with the traffic conditions.