B60Q1/115

VEHICLE HEADLAMP LIGHT DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
20170225609 · 2017-08-10 ·

A vehicle headlamp light distribution control device includes: a detector that is configured to detect a reference position from an image of a frond region of a vehicle; and a controller that is configured to control, during a time period until the reference position is detected by the detector, a light distribution of a headlamp of the vehicle in accordance with a sensed inclination of the vehicle or a physical amount expressing the inclination of the vehicle, and to control, after the reference position is detected by the detector, the light distribution of the headlamp on the basis of calibrated information obtained by calibrating information obtained from the image in accordance with the detected reference position.

VEHICLE HEADLAMP LIGHT DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
20170225609 · 2017-08-10 ·

A vehicle headlamp light distribution control device includes: a detector that is configured to detect a reference position from an image of a frond region of a vehicle; and a controller that is configured to control, during a time period until the reference position is detected by the detector, a light distribution of a headlamp of the vehicle in accordance with a sensed inclination of the vehicle or a physical amount expressing the inclination of the vehicle, and to control, after the reference position is detected by the detector, the light distribution of the headlamp on the basis of calibrated information obtained by calibrating information obtained from the image in accordance with the detected reference position.

Inclination angle detection apparatus and auto levelizer

Provided are: an inclination angle calculating unit for calculating, when having determined that a vehicle is stationary by referring to vehicle information indicating a traveling state of the vehicle, an inclination angle of the vehicle during a stationary period using inclination angle information indicating an inclination angle of the vehicle and determining a vehicle inclination angle during the stationary period from the calculated inclination angle of the vehicle; and a correction determination processing unit for determining whether an absolute value of a difference between the determined vehicle inclination angle and a reference angle determined previously by the inclination angle calculating unit is less than a first threshold value (threshold value α) and, if the absolute value of the difference is less than the first threshold value (threshold value α), performing a correction to rewrite the vehicle inclination angle to the reference angle.

Inclination angle detection apparatus and auto levelizer

Provided are: an inclination angle calculating unit for calculating, when having determined that a vehicle is stationary by referring to vehicle information indicating a traveling state of the vehicle, an inclination angle of the vehicle during a stationary period using inclination angle information indicating an inclination angle of the vehicle and determining a vehicle inclination angle during the stationary period from the calculated inclination angle of the vehicle; and a correction determination processing unit for determining whether an absolute value of a difference between the determined vehicle inclination angle and a reference angle determined previously by the inclination angle calculating unit is less than a first threshold value (threshold value α) and, if the absolute value of the difference is less than the first threshold value (threshold value α), performing a correction to rewrite the vehicle inclination angle to the reference angle.

Control device for a vehicle lamp and light distribution control system

A control device that includes a plurality of input ports, each of which receives a binary signal including a first level and a second level, and a setting unit, which sets a numerical value related to control based on the binary signal input to each of the input ports, is disclosed. The input port is configured to be at the second level when a failure occurs, and the setting unit associates different binary signal arrays with a plurality of the numerical values, respectively, and sets a binary signal array corresponding to a numerical value equivalent to a reference value among the plurality of numerical values as an array in which the number of the second level is the largest.

Headlamp levelling system having a controller generating a control code based on a speedbump location, vehicle location and vehicle surface height
11192492 · 2021-12-07 · ·

The present disclosure relates to a headlamp leveling system. The headlamp leveling system includes a leveling controller that generates a control code based on information on a location of a speed bump, information on a current location of a vehicle, and information on a vertical level of a rear surface of the vehicle, and a headlamp leveling device for changing a light irradiation angle of a headlamp to a light irradiation angle corresponding to a code value of the control code.

VEHICLE HEADLAMP AIMING ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM

A vehicle headlamp aiming adjustment system includes a headlamp controller configured to adjust an emission direction of light emitted from a headlamp; a sensing unit configured to measure a sensing area on a ground and measure a change of the sensing area; and a controller configured to receive information about the sensing area measured by the sensing unit, compare the measured sensing area with a pre-stored reference area, and transmit a control signal to the headlamp controller such that the emission direction of light is adjusted in accordance with a change of the sensing area when the sensing area is different from the reference area. The above-describe vehicle headlamp aiming adjustment system can check an emission area of light of a headlamp and secure the driver's field of view by correcting the emission area

VEHICLE HEADLAMP AIMING ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM

A vehicle headlamp aiming adjustment system includes a headlamp controller configured to adjust an emission direction of light emitted from a headlamp; a sensing unit configured to measure a sensing area on a ground and measure a change of the sensing area; and a controller configured to receive information about the sensing area measured by the sensing unit, compare the measured sensing area with a pre-stored reference area, and transmit a control signal to the headlamp controller such that the emission direction of light is adjusted in accordance with a change of the sensing area when the sensing area is different from the reference area. The above-describe vehicle headlamp aiming adjustment system can check an emission area of light of a headlamp and secure the driver's field of view by correcting the emission area

ADAPTIVE FRONT-LIGHTING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
20230271547 · 2023-08-31 ·

The present invention relates to an adaptive front-lighting system control method and terminal device, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining a safe sight distance corresponding to a current position of a vehicle according to a current speed of vehicle; calculating, in combination with the electronic horizon data ahead, a difference of view inclination of each gradient point relative to the current position of the vehicle within the safe sight distance; screening the gradient points sequentially from the farthest gradient point within the safe sight distance until the differences of view inclination corresponding to all the gradient points between the screened gradient point and the current position of the vehicle are within a lighting angle range corresponding to the screened gradient point; and adjusting the illumination angle using the difference of view inclination corresponding to the screened gradient point as the vertical adjustment angle of the adaptive front-lighting system. The present invention provides gradient information of the road out of view for control of the adaptive front-lighting system based on electronic horizon technology, optimizes the control of vertical angle, and can avoid the blind spot of illumination caused by the change in the gradient in simple angle control, thus being more suitable for the control of the adaptive front-lighting system in a gradient terrain.

LEVELING CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE LAMP AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
20220144160 · 2022-05-12 ·

The device includes at least one acceleration sensor provided to detect acceleration of a vehicle in at least one direction, a wheel speed sensor provided to detect a speed of a wheel, a lamp provided to emit light, a driving unit connected to the lamp to adjust a direction of light, and a controller configured to, when the vehicle is traveling, calculate a dynamic angle value of the vehicle with respect to a road surface while the vehicle is in acceleration or deceleration and calculate a first static angle value based on the dynamic angle value of the vehicle, and, when the vehicle is stopped, to calculate a second static angle value and a road slope value of a road on which the vehicle is positioned, and then control a direction of the light emitted forward of the lamp based on the first or the second static angle value.