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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120051599 | AUTOMATIC LIGHTING SYSTEM An automatic lighting system for a vehicle includes a control and an imaging device having a forward field of view. The control is operable to process image data captured by the imaging device to determine if an object imaged by the imaging device is an object of intere... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044708 | PREDICTIVE ADAPTIVE FRONT LIGHTING FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE The present invention relates to a method for operating a predictive adaptive front lighting for a vehicle with headlamps and a controller. The method includes the steps of receiving a vehicle position; identifying a map location of the vehicle; determining a most likel... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20110292668 | ADAPTIVE FORWARD LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE An adaptive forward lighting system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor and a control. The imaging sensor includes a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements, and monitors a scene forward of the direction of travel of the vehicle. The control pro... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110280026 | Automatic Headlamp Control An automatic headlamp control system for a vehicle which has an image sensor having a forward field of view that captures image data of a scene forward of the vehicle. The image processor processes the image data and detects objects of interest. A controller is responsi... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110235349 | VEHICLE LIGHT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT DISTRIBUTION A vehicle light can form a synthetic light distribution pattern with an area where a surrounding vehicle exists being made darker than an area(s) surrounding that area. The synthetic light distribution pattern can allow a sufficient illumination range and a center light... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110216548 | Vehicle Lighting System An illumination controller comprise at least one sensor configured to sense position and motion of an operator of a banking vehicle, an illumination adjustment actuator, and a controller configured to determine angular velocity and/or linear acceleration, and banking an... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110075435 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE HEADLAMP A system and method for controlling a vehicle headlamp, the headlamp being equipped with an automatic switching unit between high beam and low beam lighting modes and with a bending light function (DBL). The method comprises a step of making the bending light function (... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110063861 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ADJUSTING A HEADLIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE, BASED ON A DISTANCE OF AN OBJECT FROM THE VEHICLE A system, method, and computer program product are provided for adjusting a headlight associated with a vehicle, based on a distance of an object from the vehicle. In operation, a signal is transmitted from a transmitter positioned on a vehicle. Further, a reflected sig... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110063860 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP SYSTEM A vehicle headlamp system includes a headlamp having multiple control devices and an ECU. Each of the control devices controls a light irradiation condition of the headlamp. The ECU stores vehicle constants, error code information and initialization information correspo... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110032717 | Light control device for vehicles A light control device for vehicles that controls a light axis direction of a headlight in the vehicle has an inclination acquisition means that acquires a detection result of an inclination of the vehicle, and a light axis direction changing means that changes a direct... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100309674 | Vehicular tilt-sensing method and automatic headlight leveling system using the same The present invention discloses a vehicular tilt-sensing method and an automatic headlight leveling system using the same. The method of the present invention comprises steps: using an image capture device to capture an image of the road and obtain at least one instanta... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100277935 | VEHICLE MONITORING CAMERA AND VEHICLE MONITORING CAMERA SYSTEM A monitoring camera for a vehicle acquires images of a distant area, a vicinity area and a near area in front or rear of the vehicle. The monitoring camera can include an imaging element and an image forming lens comprising multiple lenses each having a different focal ... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100214791 | AUTOMATIC HEADLAMP CONTROL SYSTEM A vehicle headlamp control system includes an imaging sensor and a control. The control processes data from the imaging sensor and generates at least one control output. Selection of a high beam state and a low beam state for a vehicle headlamp is responsive to the cont... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100208478 | AUTOMOTIVE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM AND ADAPTIVE AUTOMOTIVE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM WITH INSTANT CONTROL AND COMPENSATION An automotive headlight system and an adaptive automotive headlight system with instant compensation control are provided. The automotive headlight system includes a light source, a total internal reflection prism, a digital reflecting element, a freeform lens, and a mu... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100188864 | Method and Apparatus for Vehicle With Adaptive Lighting System In one embodiment, an adaptive external vehicle lighting system includes a vehicle communication network, a memory including program instructions for generating a model of a vehicle and the environment outside of the vehicle, identifying an object of interest based upon... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100168966 | SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE A saddle riding type vehicle includes a balancer beam rotatably mounted on a vehicle body to cause a right wheel and a left wheel to move up and down in opposite directions, and is capable of making turns by leaning the vehicle body. The saddle riding type vehicle also ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100157614 | SWITCHING PROCEDURE OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT LIGHTING MODE An automatic headlight switching procedure for motor vehicles, designed to emit a beam of light from one lighting mode to another lighting mode. The process features the steps of when the headlights are in a first lighting mode, detecting the backscatter of the headligh... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100091505 | AUTOMATIC LEVELING DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC LEVELING METHOD An automatic leveling device and automatic leveling method for being able to reduce an error caused by a hysteresis characteristic of an actuator are provided. A control ECU obtains vehicle height values from a front height sensor and a rear height sensor, computes a ve... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100080009 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEFLECTION OF LAMP Controlling a deflection of an irradiation direction of a vehicle lamp based on a detected steering angle includes calculating a target angle of the irradiation direction of the vehicle lamp based on the steering angle and calculating a difference angle between the targ... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100033978 | PROJECTION HEADLIGHT ARRANGEMENT FOR VEHICLES The invention relates to a projection headlight arrangement for vehicles with a left projection headlight and a right projection headlight, each comprising: a reflector exhibiting two focal points, a light source arranged in a first focal point of the reflector, a lens ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100014302 | LIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM The present invention provides, as one aspect, a light control apparatus for controlling directions of optical axes of headlights mounted in a vehicle. The apparatus includes a position detecting section that detects positions of the headlights with respect to a road su... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090323366 | AUTO LIGHTING SYSTEM An auto lighting system that performs lighting control that corresponds to the driver's visual perception is provided. An auto lighting system 1 includes imaging means 2 for capturing an image of the road ahead of a vehicle and lighting control means 3<... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090257238 | AUTOMATIC ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOTOR VEHICLES The present invention relates to an automatic illuminating apparatus for motor vehicles. The apparatus includes an illumination device for emitting light beams, comprising a first light emitting member for emitting light beams in daytime and a controlling device electri... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090231866 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP APPARATUS A vehicle headlamp apparatus is provided. The vehicle headlamp apparatus includes a lamp unit, a first additional lamp unit which forms a first light distribution pattern, a second additional lamp unit which forms a second light distribution pattern overlapping with the... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090231867 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME A vehicle headlamp is provided. The vehicle headlamp includes a light source which is configured to form an additional light distribution pattern which is formed above a cut-off line of a low-beam mode light distribution pattern; a vehicle detection device which is conf... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090225559 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY TO A LAMP OF A VEHICLE A system for automatically controlling power supply to a lamp (101) of a vehicle, the system comprising: a detection module (20) to detect whether the vehicle is stationary or non-stationary; a controller (102) to receive a signal (25) having... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090190323 | AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP APPARATUS WHERE HIGH BEAM ILLUMINATION AREA IS CONTROLLED An automotive headlamp apparatus is provided with a light source for producing a high beam and a controller for controlling illumination from the light source. Given that at least a portion of a high beam illumination area illuminated by the light source is vertically d... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090190324 | AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP APPARATUS WHERE LIGHT DISTRIBUTION PATTERN IS CONTROLLED An automotive headlamp apparatus includes a light source for producing a high beam and a headlamp apparatus controller for controlling illumination from a light source. The headlamp apparatus controller divides a light distribution pattern of a high beam formed by illum... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090122565 | Vehicle exterior lighting system A system for varying the output of an exterior light of a vehicle having a source of power further includes an exterior vehicle light operatively connected to the source power and a controller for controlling the exterior vehicle light. The controller is coupled between... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090086497 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT QUANTITY OF HEADLIGHT In a system for controlling a headlight of a vehicle to be controlled, a dazzling level determiner determines a parameter value of a dazzling level of a driver of an other vehicle ahead of the controlled vehicle based on information associated with a relative positional... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090059608 | LAMP SYSTEM AND LAMP DEFLECTION CONTROL METHOD A lamp system is provided. The lamp system includes a deflection angle calculating section configured to calculate a deflection angle of an irradiation direction of a lamp based on a steering angle of a steering wheel of a vehicle and a speed of the vehicle, a swivel co... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090046474 | VEHICULAR HEADLAMP A vehicular headlamp includes at least one a light source irradiating visible light and a lens allowing the visible light from the light source to pass through to forward of a vehicle. The light source and the lens are mounted in a rotating element. Alternatively, the v... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090034276 | OPTICAL SCATTERING OF LIGHT BEAM A system for controlling the optical scattering of a light beam in a vehicle comprises a light source, a reflector, a lens, and a headlamp controller. The light source is adapted to generate the light beam. The reflector is positioned about the light source to reflect t... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080298077 | VEHICULAR HEADLAMP A vehicular headlamp includes a light source for illuminating light from the vehicular headlamp in an illumination direction; a swivel mechanism capable of changing the illumination direction horizontally rightward and leftward; a leveling mechanism capable of changing ... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080239735 | Method and apparatus for controlling swivel angle of on-vehicle headlight In the vehicle lighting control apparatus and method, it is determined that the user's steering wheel is returned from a steering angle existing in a saturated steering angle region toward a neutral steering angle region at a given speed or more. If such a steering cond... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080225535 | HEADLAMP HAVING SELECTABLE BEAM A headlamp having a selectable beam is provided. The headlamp having the selectable beam is configured such that a low beam and a high beam are selectable, and the headlamp includes a first lamp section which forms a low-beam light distribution pattern if the low beam i... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080205072 | Motor Vehicle Low-Beam Headlight System The invention relates to a low-beam headlight system for at least two motor vehicles, comprising a first illuminating device on a first vehicle and a second illuminating device on a second vehicle, each of the devices being provided with main road illuminating means. Th... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080192496 | Lamp System For Vehicle A vehicle lamp system includes lamps RHL and LHL. The lamp system can switch at least to a low beam distribution and a motorway light distribution. A light distribution switching control portion CONT for switching the light distribution based on operational information ... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080144326 | Vehicular illumination device A vehicular illumination device includes a light distribution control unit, a determination unit and a control unit. The light distribution control unit performs an alteration control of a vehicular illumination unit so as to alter a light distribution with respect to a... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080130301 | Vehicle Lamp A vehicle lamp includes a lamp body having a front opening, a transparent cover covering the front opening to form a lamp chamber, and a lamp unit, which forwardly irradiates light, disposed in the lamp chamber. The vehicle lamp includes an aiming device having an outpu... | 06/05/2008 |
