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Device and method for controlling optical axis of headlamps

  • US 20070046239A1
  • Filed: 08/25/2006
  • Published: 03/01/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An optical axis controller for at least one headlamp mounted on a vehicle with a steering wheel, the controller comprising:

  • a steering angle detecting device operable to detect a steering angle;

    a driving device operable to adjust a light emission direction of the at least one headlamp; and

    a control unit operable to compute a desired light emission direction for the headlamps based on the steering angle and a hysteresis value and to control an actual light emission direction of the at least one headlamp to match the desired light emission direction using the driving device.

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