Light distribution control system for vehicle

摘要

Provided is a light distribution control system for vehicle in which each of left and right head lamp housings is provided with camera that picks up image of the forward area of vehicle, main lamp unit that forms basic light distribution pattern which is symmetric at the forward area of the vehicle, first sub lamp unit that forms first additional light distribution pattern at lateral side of the vehicle as compared to the basic light distribution pattern, second sub lamp unit that forms second additional light distribution pattern at lateral side of the vehicle, and control unit that controls the turning-ON/OFF of the first and second sub lamp units based on the image data of the camera. The control unit may form non-symmetric light distribution pattern as a whole at the forward area of the vehicle according to road environment.

主权项

1. A light distribution control system for a vehicle comprising:
a pair of head lamps disposed at a left side and a right side of a vehicle and configured to illuminate a forward area of the vehicle; a camera configured to pick up an image of the forward area of the vehicle; and a control unit that controls the light distribution of the head lamps based on image data of the camera, wherein, each of the pair of head lamps disposed at the left side and the right side of the vehicle is provided with a main lamp unit that forms a basic light distribution pattern, which is symmetrical, at the forward area of the vehicle, and a sub lamp unit that forms an additional light distribution pattern at a lateral side of the vehicle as compared to the basic light distribution pattern, each of the pair of headlamps is provided with a housing, and the camera, the control unit, the main lamp unit and the sub lamp unit are provided within the housing; the camera is provided in a chain line position to each of the main lamp units in a horizontal direction and configured to pick up an image of a forward area of the vehicle at an upper side of each of the main lamp units, and the control unit controls the light outputs of the sub lamp units disposed at the left side and the right side of the vehicle separately based on the image data of the camera.