| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology in which a position of light sources is detected using an image picked up by an in-vehicle camera, and a direction of the illumination of an own vehicle headlight tracks the detected position, and the control of the reliability of the direction of illumination is enhanced by improving determination whether or not the direction of illumination tracks the detected light source. <P>SOLUTION: An image of the vehicle surroundings is picked up, light sources are detected using this image that has thus been picked up, and from an image sensor that outputs the position information of the detected light sources, the position information of the light sources is acquired (step 110). Whether or not a light source is in the range of the advance of the vehicle which has been determined in accordance with the detection value of the steering angle or a yaw rate of the vehicle is then determined (step 120) using the position information of the light sources that has been thus acquired. If the result of this determination is positive, control is performed (step 140) to track the direction of the illumination of the headlights in the direction of the light source. If the result of the determination is negative, the headlights are controlled independently of the position of the light source (steps 150, 155). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
