AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
First Claim
1. An automotive headlamp system comprising:
- an image capture unit configured to capture an image of an area ahead of a vehicle in a driving direction of the vehicle;
a position determination unit configured to determine a position of a front vehicle based on the captured image;
a headlamp unit comprising an array of a plurality of light sources; and
a control unit configured to control an illumination pattern of the headlamp unit by rotating the headlamp unit, adjusting a light intensity of a light source, or both based on the determined position of the front vehicle.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an automotive headlamp system which can control an illumination pattern of headlamps by rotating a headlamp unit and/or adjusting the light intensity of a light source included in the headlamp unit based on the position of a front vehicle located ahead in a driving direction, and a method of controlling the automotive headlamp system. The automotive headlamp system includes an image capture unit capturing an image of an area ahead of a vehicle in a driving direction of the vehicle, a position determination unit determining a position of a front vehicle based on the captured image, a headlamp unit comprising an array of a plurality of light sources, and a control unit controlling an illumination pattern of the headlamp unit by rotating the headlamp unit and/or adjusting a light intensity of a light source based on the determined position of the front vehicle.
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22 Claims
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1. An automotive headlamp system comprising:
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an image capture unit configured to capture an image of an area ahead of a vehicle in a driving direction of the vehicle; a position determination unit configured to determine a position of a front vehicle based on the captured image; a headlamp unit comprising an array of a plurality of light sources; and a control unit configured to control an illumination pattern of the headlamp unit by rotating the headlamp unit, adjusting a light intensity of a light source, or both based on the determined position of the front vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of controlling an automotive headlamp system, the method comprising:
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capturing, by an image capture unit, an image of an area ahead of a vehicle in a driving direction of the vehicle; determining, by a position determination unit, a position of a front vehicle based on the captured image; and controlling, by a control unit, an illumination pattern by rotating a headlamp unit which comprises an array of a plurality of light sources and/or adjusting a light intensity of a light source based on the determined position of the front vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a processor or controller, the computer readable medium comprising:
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program instructions that receive an image of an area ahead of a vehicle in a driving direction of the vehicle captured by an image capture unit; program instructions that determine a position of a front vehicle based on the captured image; and program instructions that control an illumination pattern by rotating a headlamp unit which comprises an array of a plurality of light sources and/or adjusting a light intensity of a light source based on the determined position of the front vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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