Patent ID: 7985010
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling a headlight of a vehicle being controlled, the system comprising: a detector configured to provide a parameter value of a dazzling level of a driver of an other vehicle ahead of the controlled vehicle based on information associated with a relative positional relationship between the controlled vehicle and the other vehicle, the dazzling level representing a possibility that the driver of the other vehicle feels dazzling from light irradiated from the headlight of the controlled vehicle; a speed sensor configured to measure a speed of the controlled vehicle; a processor configured to determine a target light quantity based on the parameter value, the processor further configured to determine a lower limit of the quantity of light to be irradiated from the headlight of the controlled vehicle based on the measured speed of the controlled vehicle, wherein the processor selects the higher of the target quantity and lower limit; and a light quantity adjuster configured to adjust the quantity of light irradiated from the headlight of the controlled vehicle based on the processor's selection.