Patent ID: 7344288
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: B60Q,G01C

Abstract:
1. A vehicle lighting system which implements illumination control of vehicle headlamps while obtaining data on the current position of a vehicle and estimating the shape of a road on the periphery of the current position of the cruising vehicle using road map data, comprising: a node position detecting means to read position data of a plurality of nodes situated ahead of and behind the current position of the cruising vehicle using the data of the current position of the vehicle and the road map data, wherein the plurality of nodes comprise a shape of a road path, and to estimate the shape of a driving path by connecting the plurality of nodes through an interpolation process, and an illumination control means to gradually change a control quantity related to the illumination control of the vehicle headlamps as the cruising vehicle runs through a set range which is regulated ahead of and behind a node recognized as a point of change in the shape of the driving path.