LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE HEADLAMP, AND VEHICLE HEADLAMP SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A lighting control device for a headlamp of a vehicle, the lighting control device comprising:
- a light-blocking range setting unit that sets a light-blocking range in accordance with a position of a target vehicle that is present ahead of the vehicle, based on an image acquired by capturing front of the vehicle by a camera;
a moving direction detection unit that detects a moving direction of the target vehicle in a horizontal direction based on the image;
a light-blocking range correction unit that corrects the light-blocking range based on the moving direction detected by the moving direction detection unit; and
a headlamp control unit that drives the headlamp based on the light-blocking range corrected by the light-blocking range correction unit.
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Abstract
To avoid glaring a front vehicle that appears in a curved road ahead of a subject vehicle. A lighting control device for a headlamp of a vehicle includes: a lamp determining unit determining whether there is one light emitted from a lamp of a target vehicle, based on an image acquired by capturing the front of the vehicle by a camera; a light-blocking range setting unit setting a light-blocking range in accordance with the positions of the lamp based on the image; a curved road detection unit detecting a direction of a curved road, in cases where the curved road is present ahead of the vehicle; a light-blocking range correction unit providing an amount of correction to the light-blocking range according to the detected direction of the curved road; and a headlamp control unit driving the headlamp based on the corrected light-blocking range.
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1. A lighting control device for a headlamp of a vehicle, the lighting control device comprising:
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a light-blocking range setting unit that sets a light-blocking range in accordance with a position of a target vehicle that is present ahead of the vehicle, based on an image acquired by capturing front of the vehicle by a camera; a moving direction detection unit that detects a moving direction of the target vehicle in a horizontal direction based on the image; a light-blocking range correction unit that corrects the light-blocking range based on the moving direction detected by the moving direction detection unit; and a headlamp control unit that drives the headlamp based on the light-blocking range corrected by the light-blocking range correction unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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