Patent ID: 6752508
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A headlamp system for a vehicle comprising:a headlamp for irradiating a forward part of the vehicle; beam control means for controlling a beam irradiated by the headlamp; and a navigation device for setting a guide route from a current self-vehicle position to a running destination, wherein, in such a state that a self-vehicle runs along the guide route, the beam control means carries out the beam control in a navigation associating mode corresponding to the guide route if an intersection is not present between the current self-vehicle position and a position that the self-vehicle is to reach after a predetermined time in the guide route, and carries out the beam control in a control mode other than the navigation associating mode until the self-vehicle passes through at least an intersection present before the position that the self-vehicle is to reach if any.