An apparatus comprising a sensor, an interface and a processor. The sensor may be configured to generate a video signal based on a targeted view from a vehicle of a perspective of a driver. The interface may be configured to receive status information about one or more components of the vehicle. The processor may be configured to generate a control signal in response to (i) a classification of objects in the video signal and (ii) the status information. The control signal may be used to adjust one or more headlights of the vehicle. The adjustment of the headlights may be based on a location of the objects in the video signal.

It is an object to provide technology allowing for appropriate control of a lighting apparatus to illuminate a road from a vehicle. An acquisition unit acquires position information of the vehicle, travel lane information indicating a travel lane in which the vehicle is traveling, and road information. A controller performs control to cause the lighting apparatus to illuminate a branching road directly connected to the travel lane in a first illumination manner when it is determined, based on the position information, the travel lane information, and the road information, that there is the branching road and the vehicle is traveling a first illumination section satisfying a predetermined positional relationship with a branching point of the branching road from the travel lane.

This disclosure relates generally to controlling headlights and more particularly to a system and method for automatically controlling vehicle headlights using image processing techniques. In one embodiment, a Headlight Controlling Device for automatically controlling vehicle headlights is disclosed. The Headlight Controlling Device comprises a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory stores processor instructions, which, on execution, causes the processor to collect at least one of vehicle information, vehicle speed, road information, area information, weather information or a multimedia object associated with a forward path of the vehicle. The processor further determines a current light intensity distribution of the vehicle headlight based on the multimedia object. The processor further compares the current light intensity distribution of the vehicle headlight with an optimal light intensity distribution, wherein the optimal light intensity distribution is retrieved from a database based on at least one of the vehicle information, the vehicle speed, the road information, the area information or the weather information. The processor further controls the vehicle headlight based on the comparison.

A lamp control system includes a pair of lamps configured to emit light forward; a sensing module configured to sense an adjacent lane of a travelling vehicle; and a processor configured to: receive information on the sensed adjacent lane; and when the adjacent lane corresponds to a specific lane, control a light output of a lamp adjacent to the specific lane among the pair of lamps based on the received information on the adjacent lane. The specific lane may include at least one of a center line and an outermost lane.

A lamp control system, a lamp control method, and a vehicle are disclosed. The lamp control system includes a lamp configured to form a light distribution (LV) in a front area including a driving lane; a sensing module configured to detect a change in the driving lane of a vehicle; and a processor configured to control the lamp so that a brightness distribution, a formation position, or a shape of the front area where the light distribution (LV) is formed is variable based on information about a driving lane change and information about a driver's driving tendency.

It is an object to provide technology allowing for appropriate control of a lighting apparatus to illuminate a road from a vehicle. An acquisition unit acquires position information of the vehicle, travel lane information indicating a travel lane in which the vehicle is traveling, and road information. A controller performs control to cause the lighting apparatus to illuminate a branching road directly connected to the travel lane in a first illumination manner when it is determined, based on the position information, the travel lane information, and the road information, that there is the branching road and the vehicle is traveling a first illumination section satisfying a predetermined positional relationship with a branching point of the branching road from the travel lane.