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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142059 | 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 in... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136970 | Apparatus and method for controlling head lamp Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling a head lamp. The apparatus comprises: a lamp electronic control unit for generating a lamp steering signal according to a received steering angle and speed information; first and second head lamp control sections for generat... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8104935 | Headlight system and a method for operating a headlight system A method is provided for operating a headlight system in a motor vehicle, wherein the headlights of the headlight system encompass a first operating mode with a first response behavior and a second operating mode with a second response behavior, which is different f... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8096687 | Vehicle headlight A vehicle head light includes a lighting casing; a lamp unit disposed in the lighting casing; a support member that supports the lamp unit so as to be rotatable at least in two directions; an actuator that rotates the lamp unit with respect to the support member; an... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8070332 | Automatic lighting system with adaptive function An automatic lighting system for a vehicle includes an imaging device, an illumination source and a control. The illumination source is directed generally forwardly with respect to a direction of forward travel of the vehicle. The imaging device captures image data ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7985010 | 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 positi... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7914187 | Automatic lighting system with adaptive alignment function An automatic lighting system for a vehicle includes a detection device, an illumination source and a control. The illumination source is directed generally forwardly with respect to a direction of travel of the vehicle, and has an adjustable principal axis of illumi... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7758218 | Vehicular headlamp A vehicular headlamp including a light amount control device that controls the amount of light from at least two of a plurality of light source units each having a light-emitting element as the light source. The light amount control device performs a contrasting con... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7703954 | 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 o... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7661856 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp 1 including a lamp chamber 7, which is formed with a lamp body 3 and a transparent front cover 5 attached to the front opening of the lamp body, and a lamp unit 13, which includes a reflector 9 and a light s... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7572040 | Lighting device An optical axis control assembly is provided with a plurality of control means which are supplied with information necessary for deciding the tilt angle of the car body 1, and determine the body tilt angle by sharing the input information with the other contr... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7556409 | Lighting device for vehicle and optical axis regulating device of lighting device for vehicle An optical axis regulating device of a lighting device for a vehicle, which serves to vertically and transversely tilt a lamp unit supported on one fulcrum in a lamp housing formed by a lamp body having a concave portion and a transparent cover for covering an openi... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7540638 | Adaptive front lighting system for a vehicle An adaptive front headlamp assembly capable of down the road illumination and peripheral and foreground illumination is provided. The headlamp assembly comprises a housing adapted for stationary mounting to the vehicle. A stationary primary lighting module disposed ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7513663 | Adaptive lighting system having dynamic recalibration A system and method for dynamically recalibrating an adaptive lighting system includes a control module configured to instruct a motor to rotate a lamp to a first hard stop when the lamp positioned at a first soft stop. The system recalibrates the control module usi... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7500769 | Head light device for vehicle A front lighting device for a vehicle includes a speed detection unit for detecting a vehicle speed, a steering angle detection unit for detecting a steering angle, and a swivel angle determination unit. The swivel angle determination unit determines a swivel angle ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7476011 | Lamp assembly with variable illuminating direction A vehicle lamp assembly includes a transmission axle coupled to a lamp unit, and a drive unit for driving the transmission axle to rotate such that the lamp unit is movable to a selected one of a default position, where the illuminating direction of the lamp unit is... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7429120 | Headlight swivel control apparatus The headlight swivel control apparatus includes a first function of obtaining road map data, current position information of a vehicle, and width-direction-position information for determining a position of the vehicle on a road on which the vehicle is driving in a ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425085 | Vehicle headlight apparatus A vehicle headlight apparatus includes a headlight and an actuator. The actuator horizontally changes a lighting direction of the headlight. The vehicle headlight apparatus drives the actuator such that the actuator horizontally changes the lighting direction of the... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423665 | Vehicle pathway vision system having in-path delineation reticle A vehicle vision system displays a vehicle pathway image that includes a reticle for visually identifying the in-path portion of the image. A reticle array is disposed between a video camera chip and a lens, and includes a conical or frustro-conical region of substa... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7374320 | Vehicular headlamp apparatus A control unit of a vehicular headlamp apparatus can selectively perform steering angle control and navigation-cooperative control. The steering angle control operates a drive mechanism based on a steering angle and a speed of a vehicle to control a headlamp's swive... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364331 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp is provided with a single lamp unit for irradiating light of a light source in a desired direction as irradiating light, and an irradiating light control apparatus constituted by integrally assembling a horizontal driving device for pivoting the lamp ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362217 | Interior illumination system and method for a motor vehicle A system and method for providing interior illumination in a motor vehicle is disclosed. The system and method include provisions for adjusting the interior lighting conditions to improve visibility of the illuminated objects under different ambient lighting conditi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363175 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355161 | Systems and methods for controlling windows with variable light transmission Systems and methods for controlling windows with variable light transmission are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a sensor adapted to receive a light intensity, a user input device adapted to receive a user input value, a window having a variable tran... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350946 | Vehicle headlamp A light-gathering reflection surface is provided on a part of a reflection area on a reflection surface of the reflector. Light from the light source reflected onto the light-gathering surface is emitted as light substantially parallel to an optical axis from the pr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344288 | Lighting system for vehicle A vehicle lighting system 1 reads position data of a plurality of nodes which are situated ahead of and behind the current position of a cruising vehicle using vehicle current position data and road map data to estimate the shape of a driving path by connecti... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338191 | Method and structure for positioning headlamp on vehicle body A method for positioning a headlamp on a vehicle body, which includes: setting the headlamp temporarily in a first position on a first member of the vehicle body; and putting the first member and a second member of the vehicle body together, bringing the first membe... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325951 | Front side lighting device Front side lighting device for motor vehicles is placed on both sides of the front of the vehicle. The device includes a compact reflector and a light source whose light beam is asymmetrical, with an angle (β) of an outer spread being greater than angle (α) of an ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322724 | Vehicle headlamp with concurrent vertical and independent horizontal adjustment of low and high beam light chambers A headlamp for motor vehicles of the reflector or projector design having at least one low beam light chamber, with a discharge light source, and at least one high beam light chamber, with a halogen light source. The direction of the rays produced in the high beam l... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319304 | Shunt connection to a PCB of an energy management system employed in an automotive vehicle A method of coupling a shunt to a printed circuit board (PCB) of an energy management system is provided. The method includes coupling flexible electrical connectors to the shunt and soldering the flexible electrical connectors to connection points on the PCB of the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7295936 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290907 | Vehicle headlamp with daytime running light A vehicle headlamp. The headlamp comprises a light source and a reflector to direct light received from the light source out of the headlamp. A movable shade is positionable to control the light received by the reflector. A shade driver is coupled to the movable sha... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287888 | Adjusting device for automobile headlamp projection angle An adjusting device for automobile headlamp projection angle comprises a case, a bearing ring, a connection beam, a magnet, a main axle, a pair of forward-wound coil and backward-wound coil, a pair of active transmission gear wheel and passive transmission gear whee... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287887 | Vehicle headlamp A movable shade is moved by a shade driving device between a first shade position which is positioned on an optical axis at a rear focal point of a projection lens and a second shade position which is located further downward than the first shade position. Even in t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281827 | Vehicle headlight apparatus A vehicle headlight apparatus includes a headlight and an actuator. The actuator horizontally changes a direction of an optical axis of the headlight. The vehicle headlight apparatus detects a rotational state of at least one predetermined wheel. The vehicle headlig... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280901 | Method of control of light beams emitted by a lighting apparatus of a vehicle and a system for performing this method A system for controlling at least one beam of light emitted from a lighting apparatus in a vehicle. The control system may, in at least one embodiment, control the lighting apparatus based on road navigation data and/or vehicle sensor data. The road navigation data ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264386 | Method and apparatus for adjusting visibility of vehicle An illumination property of headlights 4 is controlled so that light quantity or color in a belt-like region B including a virtual line segment A may be different from those in other regions, and thereby the virtual line segment A which uniformly inclines dow... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260465 | Ramp identification in adaptive cruise control A control system 20 for an automotive vehicle 22, such as an adaptive cruise control system, is provided including a navigation system 34. The navigation system 34 includes a global positioning system 38. The navigation system 3... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252418 | Lights for motor vehicles Lights, in particular for motor vehicles, comprising at least one light source and a cover that is arranged in front of the light source in the direction of radiation, wherein the cover includes an electric diffuser which may change the optical properties thereof to... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252417 | Bending light and dipped beam headlamp for a motor vehicle The bonding light and dipped beam headlamp for a motor vehicle comprises at least two light sources with at least one first source having a cut-off of the dipped beam type and at least one second source having a cut-off of the flat type, which is placed outside the ... | 08/07/2007 |
