Patent ID: 8872425
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A light distribution control system for a vehicle comprising: a pair of head lamps disposed at a left side and a right side of a vehicle and configured to illuminate a forward area of the vehicle; a camera configured to pick up an image of the forward area of the vehicle; and a control unit that controls the light distribution of the head lamps based on image data of the camera, wherein, each of the pair of head lamps disposed at the left side and the right side of the vehicle is provided with a main lamp unit that forms a basic light distribution pattern, which is symmetrical, at the forward area of the vehicle, and a sub lamp unit that forms an additional light distribution pattern at a lateral side of the vehicle as compared to the basic light distribution pattern, each of the pair of headlamps is provided with a housing, and the camera, the control unit, the main lamp unit and the sub lamp unit are provided within the housing; the camera is provided in a chain line position to each of the main lamp units in a horizontal direction and configured to pick up an image of a forward area of the vehicle at an upper side of each of the main lamp units, and the control unit controls the light outputs of the sub lamp units disposed at the left side and the right side of the vehicle separately based on the image data of the camera.