Patent ID: 9505338
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B60Q,G06K,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle driving environment recognition apparatus mounted on a vehicle having a headlight, comprising: an onboard camera configured to capture an environment in front of the vehicle; an image recognition processing unit for acquiring an image captured by the onboard camera, detecting at least a vehicle ahead and a light source ahead, and setting a light distribution of the headlight and an exposure amount of the onboard camera according to whether the vehicle ahead is detected; a light distribution controlling unit for controlling the light distribution of the headlight based upon the light distribution set by the image recognition processing unit; and a camera controlling unit for adjusting the exposure amount of the onboard camera based upon the exposure amount set by the image recognition processing unit, wherein the image recognition processing unit the light distribution controlling unit maintains the headlight to be on while the first and second exposure modes are being performed.