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Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016

Filed:

May. 23, 2012
Applicants:

Jong Ryoul Park, Gyeongsan, KR;

Sung Ho Kim, Gyeongsan, KR;

Inventors:

Jong Ryoul Park, Gyeongsan, KR;

Sung Ho Kim, Gyeongsan, KR;

Assignee:

SL Corporation, Daegu, KR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/02 (2006.01); B60Q 7/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); F21S 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); F21S 48/1747 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/054 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/056 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is an automotive headlamp system which can control an illumination pattern of headlamps by rotating a headlamp unit and/or adjusting the light intensity of a light source included in the headlamp unit based on the position of a front vehicle located ahead in a driving direction, and a method of controlling the automotive headlamp system. The automotive headlamp system includes an image capture unit capturing an image of an area ahead of a vehicle in a driving direction of the vehicle, a position determination unit determining a position of a front vehicle based on the captured image, a headlamp unit comprising an array of a plurality of light sources, and a control unit controlling an illumination pattern of the headlamp unit by rotating the headlamp unit and/or adjusting a light intensity of a light source based on the determined position of the front vehicle.


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