A lamp device for a vehicle includes a lamp housing and a light-emitting unit disposed therein. The light-emitting unit includes a light-emitting surface adjustable in at least one of a shape, an intensity of illumination, or a color of illumination. The lamp device further includes a bracket that supports the light-emitting unit to be mounted in the lamp housing, and that is configured to change the shape of the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting unit. The lamp device further includes a driving unit configured to apply a driving force to the bracket that changes the shape of the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting unit. The lamp device is configured to at least partially change, based on a plurality of lighting modes, at least one of the shape of the light-emitting surface, the intensity of illumination emitted from the light-emitting surface, or the color of illumination emitted from the light-emitting surface.

An active or dynamic light control system is adapted for aftermarket retrofitting to vehicles. The system includes a directional sensor configured to sense direction of the vehicle. A control unit is operatively connected to the directional sensor to receive the direction of the vehicle from the directional sensor. A light pod is operatively connected to the control unit. The light pod includes an illumination element configured to provide light. The light pod is configured to change direction of the light from the illumination element in response to a signal received from the control unit based at least in part on the direction of the vehicle sensed by the direction sensor.

A control device of a vehicle lamp device includes a reception unit and a control unit. The control unit includes a timing determination unit configured to determine a driving timing of an actuator configured to change a posture of the vehicle lamp device. The timing determination unit drives the actuator when an acquisition number of the output values of the acceleration sensor reaches a first number while a vehicle speed is less than a predetermined value, and drives the actuator when the acquisition number of the output values of the acceleration sensor reaches a second number smaller than the first number while the vehicle speed is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.

A vehicular control system includes a control and a plurality of sensors that include at least a camera and a 3D point-cloud LIDAR sensor. The control is operable to process captured image data to determine presence of another vehicle and to process captured 3D point-cloud LIDAR data to determine presence of another vehicle. A receiver at the equipped vehicle is operable to receive a wireless communication of information pertaining to other traffic participants in the vicinity of the equipped vehicle. The control is operable to process wirelessly-communicated information pertaining to other traffic participants in the vicinity of the equipped vehicle. The control, responsive at least in part to processing of at least one of (i) received image data, (ii) received 3D point-cloud LIDAR data and (iii) received information pertaining to other traffic participants in the vicinity of the equipped vehicle, controls at least one vehicle function of the equipped vehicle.

In a headlight optical-axis control device 10, a controller 15 is configured to: calculate vehicle angles indicating tilt angles of a vehicle relative to a road surface, on the basis of ratios, each being a ratio of a difference between a reference acceleration in a longitudinal direction and a signal indicating an acceleration in the longitudinal direction detected during traveling of the vehicle, to a difference between a reference acceleration in a perpendicular direction and a signal indicating an acceleration in the perpendicular direction detected during traveling of the vehicle by an acceleration sensor 2; calculate a plot of the calculated vehicle angles thereby to derive a vehicle angle corresponding to a case where a change of the acceleration in the longitudinal direction is zero; and generate a signal for controlling the optical axes of headlights 5L and 5R on the basis of the derived vehicle angle.

A method for adapting an upper headlight beam boundary of a light cone of at least one headlight of a vehicle includes reading in at least one configuration position of an illumination unit on another vehicle and/or of a vehicle contour of the other vehicle to provide an identification signal of the other vehicle. In addition, the method includes ascertaining the type of the other vehicle, using the identification signal of the other vehicle, and outputting a control signal for adapting the upper headlight beam boundary, the control signal being output taking the ascertained type of vehicle into account.

A method for adjusting the lighting range of a headlamp in a motor vehicle, is performed with the following steps. A first coordinateis acquired that corresponds to a position of the motor vehicle. At least one image of a camera connected with the motor vehicle is evaluated so as to acquire a second coordinate that corresponds to the position of an object on a roadway in the zone ahead of the motor vehicle. A reference angle is calculated for the motor vehicle from the first coordinate, the second coordinate and a height of the camera over the roadway. The lighting range of the headlamp is adjusted based on the reference angle.

A headlight control apparatus (1) for performing control on a headlight device (7) which includes a pair of headlight units (3, 5) each including a light source (9) and an image forming section (16R, 16G, 16B) capable of forming an image and disposed in a light path of light from the light source to illuminate light (101, 105) for projecting the image onto a road surface, wherein the headlight control apparatus forms the image in the image forming section such that a first image (103) projected onto the road surface by one of the headlight units includes a second image (107) projected onto the road surface by the other headlight unit.

A pitch angle calculation device includes a first acceleration acquisition unit that acquires an acceleration Gx in a longitudinal axis (x) direction of a vehicle; a second acceleration acquisition unit that acquires an acceleration Gy in a vertical axis (y) direction of a vehicle; a third acceleration acquisition unit that acquires an acceleration in an advancement direction of a vehicle; and a pitch angle calculation unit that calculates a pitch angle formed between the longitudinal axis direction and the vertical axis direction by using the acceleration Gx, the acceleration Gy and the acceleration .

A driver assistance system of a vehicle includes a forward viewing sensor disposed at the vehicle and having a field of sensing forward of the vehicle. A processor is operable to process data captured by the forward sensing sensor to determine the presence of another vehicle. A receiver is disposed at the subject vehicle and operable to receive a wireless communication of information pertaining to other vehicles or traffic participants in the vicinity of the subject vehicle. A control, responsive to determination via processing of captured data that another vehicle is present ahead of the subject vehicle, is operable to adjust a headlamp beam setting of the equipped vehicle, and the control, responsive to determination via received information that another traffic participant is present in the vicinity of the subject vehicle, is operable to adjust the headlamp beam setting of the subject vehicle.