A lamp for a vehicle includes a light source unit for generating light, a shield unit for selectively transmitting at least some of the light generated from the light source unit, and a lens unit for focusing the light that transmits trough the shield unit on a road surface. A main transmission light among the light that is transmitted through the shield unit forms a plurality of road surface patterns, and an auxiliary transmission light among the light that is transmitted through the shield unit is irradiated to one or more selected road surface pattern among the plurality of road surface patterns to increase brightness of the selected road surface pattern.

A method for operating adjustable headlights of a vehicle, the method may include sensing, by a vehicle night-vision sensor, an environment of the vehicle to provide sensed information; searching, in the sensed information, for a headlight adjustment event identifier, the headlight adjustment event identifier identifies a future occurrence of a headlight adjustment event, the headlight adjustment event requires an adjustment of a lighting pattern formed by at least one of the adjustable highlights of the vehicle; and when finding the headlight adjustment event identifier then adjusting the lighting pattern according to the headlight adjustment event, wherein the adjusting begins before the future occurrence of the headlight adjustment event or immediately at a beginning of the headlight adjustment event.

A vehicle headlight system can include a headlight controller and a lamp unit incorporating a high beam module, which can emit favorable marking lights while the headlight controller associates each of a shading driver and a swivel structure with a shading width setter and a swivel setter, respectively. When a forward vehicle does not exist in a forward direction, the headlight systems can provide favorable light distribution patterns by overlapping the light distribution pattern projected from the high beam module with each of light distribution patterns for a high and low beam. When the forward vehicle exists, the headlight system can prevent the lamp unit from emitting a glare type light to the forward vehicle. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can provide vehicle headlight systems, which can emit favorable light patterns toward a pedestrian as a marking light, and which can provide favorable light distribution patterns to drive at night.

A control device is configured to provide route information for a vehicle and includes: a headlamp configured to irradiate light in a forward direction of the vehicle; a sensing unit configured to sense at least one sign located in the forward direction of the vehicle; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to, based on a first portion of the at least one sign corresponding to first route information of the vehicle, control the headlamp to irradiate the light on the first portion of the at least one sign that corresponds to the first route information of the vehicle.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for the utilization of vehicle control systems to cause a vehicle to take preventative action responsive to the detection of a near short term adverse driving scenario. A vehicle control system may receive information corresponding to vehicle operator data and ancillary data. Based on the received vehicle operator data and the received ancillary data, a multi-dimension risk score module may calculate risk scores associated with the received vehicle operator data and the received ancillary data. Subsequently, the vehicle control systems may cause the vehicle to perform at least one of a close call detection action and a close call detection alert to lessen the risk associated with the received vehicle operator data and the received ancillary data.

A method for regulating the light emission from a vehicle light, wherein a road user located in the light emission direction of the vehicle light is detected, and the light emission from the vehicle light is changed, whereupon response data on the response of the road user to the change in the light emission are acquired. Prediction data indicating the response expected from a road user located in the light emission direction of the vehicle light to the changed light emission are determined. The acquired response data are compared with the determined prediction data, if the prediction data deviate from the response data, the adjustment in the light emission from the vehicle light by which a reduction in the deviation is predicted is determined, and the light emission is regulated according to the determined adjustment. Further, the invention relates to a device for carrying out this method.

A lighting system includes a lighting device arranged to attach to a vehicle. The lighting device includes at least two ultraviolet lights and at least one sensor. The sensor determines whether any of at least two areas or zones adjacent to the lighting device are poorly visibly illuminated and/or occupied by personnel, and illuminates these areas or zones with ultraviolet light. The lighting system is configured to operate in conjunction with existing emergency visible lighting and/or flashing visible light systems by using the sensors to sense visible illumination of each individual area or zone provided by the existing emergency visible lighting and flashing visible light systems. The lighting system may be configured to synchronize the illumination of each individual area or zone in ultraviolet light with intermittent absence of visible light illumination in each area or zone from the existing emergency visible lighting and flashing visible light systems.

Reliability of an in-vehicle headlight is improved by changing a light distribution pattern without using any mechanical configuration. The in-vehicle headlight includes a laser light source, a spatial light modulator, a spatial-light-modulator controller, and a projection lens. The laser light source emits a laser light beam. The spatial light modulator modulates a phase distribution of the laser light beam emitted by the laser light source. The spatial-light-modulator controller is provided in a headlight controller, and controls the spatial light modulator. The spatial-light-modulator controller controls the spatial light modulator so as to modulate the phase distribution of the laser light beam, and changes the light distribution pattern projected from the projection lens.

A vehicular multi-sensor system includes a plurality of sensors that include at least a camera and a 3D point-cloud LIDAR. The forward-viewing camera views (i) a traffic lane of a multi-lane road being traveled along by the equipped vehicle and (ii) another traffic lane of the multi-lane road, and the field of sensing of said 3D point-cloud LIDAR sensor at least encompasses the other traffic lane of the multi-lane road. Image data captured by the forward-viewing camera is provided to and is processed at an electronic control unit (ECU). 3D point-cloud LIDAR data captured by the 3D point-cloud LIDAR sensor is provided to and processed at the ECU. Responsive at least in part to processing at the ECU of 3D point-cloud LIDAR data captured by said 3D point-cloud LIDAR sensor, the ECU detects a traffic participant or pedestrian or other vehicle present exterior of the equipped vehicle.

An apparatus for controlling driving of a vehicle and a method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes a learning device that classifies a fog situation into a plurality of levels based on deep learning and a controller that determines visible distances of a driver, which correspond to the plurality of levels, and controls driving of the vehicle based on a visible distance of the driver, which corresponds to a fog situation of a road where the vehicle is currently traveling