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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:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2014
Applicant:

Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;

Inventors:

Shinichi Futamura, Kuwana, JP;

Ryu Mizuno, Kariya, JP;

Koichi Masuda, Obu, JP;

Assignee:

DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/02 (2006.01); B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/085 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/056 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/112 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/122 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/334 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/41 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/45 (2013.01);
Abstract

The vehicular headlight apparatus includes a control means configured to change a light illumination area following a position of a detected target object until a shift angle between a reference direction and a direction to the target object with respect to a headlight is calculated to exceed a maximum limit shift angle, and configured to, when a vehicle speed is detected to exceed a predetermined threshold value, set the maximum limit shift angle to a small deflection angle, and change the present light illumination area to a low-beam light illumination area covered by the headlight in a low-beam state if the shift angle is calculated to exceed the maximum limit shift angle set to the small deflection angle.


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