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APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SWIVEL ANGLES OF ON-VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS

  • US 20090067184A1
  • Filed: 09/10/2008
  • Published: 03/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for controlling an angle of a light axis of light to be radiated from headlights mounted on a vehicle, comprising:

  • angle changing means for changing the direction of the light axis of the light at an angle commanded by a command;

    image capturing means for capturing images of a field of view in front of the vehicle and providing captured images;

    taillight detecting means for using the captured images to detect taillights of a preceding vehicle which runs ahead of the vehicle provided with the apparatus;

    position setting means for setting an illumination target position using, as a positional reference, a position of the detected taillights in the captured images;

    angle calculating means for calculating the angle of the light axis of the light so that the light axis is directed to the illumination target position; and

    angle commanding means for providing the command to the angle changing means, the provided command depending on the angle calculated by the angle calculating means.

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