Apparatus for controlling auxiliary equipment of vehicle
First Claim
1. An apparatus for controlling operation of auxiliary equipment of a vehicle by receiving an output of a surroundings detection sensor for detecting the surrounding of the vehicle and an output of a vehicle information sensor for detecting operation of the vehicle, wherein a distance and direction to an overtaking vehicle, an oncoming vehicle, or a preceding vehicle are calculated according to the output of the surroundings detection sensor, so as to independently control light intensities and/or beam distances of right and left headlamps.
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling operation of auxiliary equipment of a vehicle by receiving an output of a surroundings detection sensor for detecting the surrounding of the vehicle and an output of the vehicle information sensor, for detecting operation of the vehicle, wherein the distance to and the direction of an overtaking vehicle, an oncoming vehicle, or a preceding vehicle and the light intensities of the right and the left headlamps are controlled independently. A plurality of processes required for controlling the vehicle auxiliary equipment are performed by the time division processing.
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- 1. An apparatus for controlling operation of auxiliary equipment of a vehicle by receiving an output of a surroundings detection sensor for detecting the surrounding of the vehicle and an output of a vehicle information sensor for detecting operation of the vehicle, wherein a distance and direction to an overtaking vehicle, an oncoming vehicle, or a preceding vehicle are calculated according to the output of the surroundings detection sensor, so as to independently control light intensities and/or beam distances of right and left headlamps.
- 7. An apparatus for controlling operation of vehicle auxiliary equipment by receiving an output of a surroundings detection sensor for detecting the surrounding of a vehicle and an output of a vehicle information sensor for detecting operation of the vehicle, wherein a plurality of processes required for controlling the vehicle auxiliary equipment are performed by a time division processing.
- 15. An apparatus for controlling headlamps as auxiliary equipment of a vehicle by receiving an output of a surroundings detection sensor for detecting the surrounding of the vehicle and/or an output of the vehicle information sensor for detecting operation of the vehicle, wherein the headlamps are set to the dimming state when the headlamps are turned on and/or during normal running and light intensities of the headlamps are increased according to the output of the surroundings detection sensor and/or the vehicle information sensor.
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21. An apparatus for controlling operation of a plurality of auxiliary equipments of a vehicle by receiving an output of a surroundings detection sensor for detecting the condition around the vehicle, wherein an input signal from the surroundings detection sensor composed of a single optical system is output to the plurality of auxiliary equipment.
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