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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:

Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hirokazu Seki, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); F21S 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/04 (2013.01); B60Q 1/085 (2013.01); F21S 48/1159 (2013.01); F21S 48/1747 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/056 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/41 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/112 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/122 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01); F21S 48/115 (2013.01);
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.


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