VEHICLE HEADLAMP APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A vehicle headlamp apparatus comprising:
- a low beam lamp unit which forms a low beam distribution pattern having a cutoff line along an upper edge thereof;
a first additional lamp unit which forms a first additional light distributing pattern at least partially above the cutoff line of the low beam distributing pattern, the first additional light distributing pattern comprising at least one first partial region, and the first additional lamp unit being configured such that a luminous intensity of a light to be irradiated toward the first partial region is adjustable;
a second additional lamp unit which forms a second additional light distributing pattern overlapping with the first additional light distributing pattern, the second additional light distributing pattern comprising at least one second partial region which partially overlaps with the first partial region, and the second additional lamp unit being configured such that a luminous intensity of a light to be irradiated toward the second partial region is adjustable; and
a controller which controls the first additional lamp unit to adjust the luminous intensity of the light to be irradiated toward the first partial region and which controls the second additional lamp unit to adjust the luminous intensity of the light to be irradiated toward the second partial region.
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Abstract
A vehicle headlamp apparatus is provided. The vehicle headlamp apparatus includes a lamp unit, a first additional lamp unit which forms a first light distribution pattern, a second additional lamp unit which forms a second light distribution pattern overlapping with the first light distribution pattern, and a controller. The first light distribution pattern includes at least one first partial region, and the first additional lamp unit adjusts a luminous intensity of a light to be irradiated toward the first partial region. The second light distribution pattern includes at least one second partial region which partially overlaps with the first partial region, and the second additional lamp unit adjusts a luminous intensity of a light to be irradiated toward the second partial region. The controller controls the first additional lamp unit and the second additional lamp unit to adjust the luminous intensity of the partial regions.
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12 Claims
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1. A vehicle headlamp apparatus comprising:
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a low beam lamp unit which forms a low beam distribution pattern having a cutoff line along an upper edge thereof; a first additional lamp unit which forms a first additional light distributing pattern at least partially above the cutoff line of the low beam distributing pattern, the first additional light distributing pattern comprising at least one first partial region, and the first additional lamp unit being configured such that a luminous intensity of a light to be irradiated toward the first partial region is adjustable; a second additional lamp unit which forms a second additional light distributing pattern overlapping with the first additional light distributing pattern, the second additional light distributing pattern comprising at least one second partial region which partially overlaps with the first partial region, and the second additional lamp unit being configured such that a luminous intensity of a light to be irradiated toward the second partial region is adjustable; and a controller which controls the first additional lamp unit to adjust the luminous intensity of the light to be irradiated toward the first partial region and which controls the second additional lamp unit to adjust the luminous intensity of the light to be irradiated toward the second partial region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A vehicle headlamp apparatus comprising:
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a first headlamp comprising; a first low-beam lamp unit comprising a light source bulb and a reflector; and a first additional lamp unit comprising at least four rectangular first light emitting devices arranged side by side in a row, each of the rectangular first light emitting devices having a same height and a same width; and a second headlamp comprising; a second low-beam lamp unit comprising a light source bulb and a reflector; and a second additional lamp unit comprising at least three rectangular second light emitting devices arranged side by side in a row, each of the rectangular second light emitting devices having a same height, an outside device width of each of the rectangular second light emitting devices on outside ends of the row being the same and an inside device width of each of the rectangular second light emitting devices on the inside of the row being the same, the outside device width being greater than the inside device width, wherein light emitted from one of the second light emitting devices partially overlaps light emitted from a corresponding two of the first light emitting devices.
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Specification