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Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2016
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Koji Imaeda, Inazawa, JP;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); B60Q 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/08 (2013.01); B60Q 1/02 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60Q 1/1423 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/056 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/112 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/3321 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/41 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

Speed of a vehicle is acquired from a speed detecting device, and then a beam switching threshold, according to the acquired speed, of an irradiation direction of a headlight is initially set. When the number of appearance (i.e. frequency of appearance) of a light source in a predetermined time detected by a light source detection means have become the beam switching threshold or more, the headlight is switched to a low beam. When a predetermined time (beam switching prohibition time Tp) has been passed after the irradiation direction of a headlight was switched to the low beam, the irradiation direction of the headlight is switched to a high beam.


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