Patent ID: 8487535
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: B60Q,F21S

Abstract:
1. An automotive headlamp apparatus comprising: a lamp unit configured to be capable of forming an additional light distribution pattern that includes an upper area above the cut-off line of a light distribution pattern for low beam and that is divided into a plurality of individual patterns; and a controller configured to control formation of each of the individual patterns in accordance with presence of a forward vehicle, wherein the controller reduces the illuminance, of an individual pattern overlapping an area where a forward vehicle is present, from an initial illuminance of the individual pattern formed in a state where a forward vehicle is not present, and increases the illuminance of at least one of other individual patterns from the initial illuminance regardless of the presence or absence of an obstacle in front of the vehicle detected by an obstacle detection apparatus or of an area where high visibility is demanded as determined in accordance with the driving road of the driver's vehicle.