| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology of enhancing visibility while reducing glare given to a preceding vehicle. SOLUTION: An automotive headlamp apparatus includes headlamp units placed in a vehicle and a control means which controls the illumination of light by the headlamp units according to an existent area in which a preceding vehicle traveling forward of one's own vehicle is existent. The headlamp units are configured so that a partial region of the high beam distribution pattern is brought into a non-illuminated state. The control means determines the existent area based on the corrective range which is expanded more by a predetermined angle than a reference range in which the preceding vehicle is included when viewed from one's own vehicle, and controls the headlamp units in such a manner that the partial region is brought into a non-illuminated state if the entirety of the existent area is included in the partial region, and controls the headlamp units in such a manner that the high beam distribution pattern is not formed if at least a part of the existent area is included in the region of the high beam distribution pattern other than the partial region. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |
