Patent ID: 8552648
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: B60Q,F21S,F21W

Abstract:
1. A vehicle headlamp apparatus comprising: a right headlamp; a left headlamp; and a controller which controls the right and left headlamps, wherein each of the right and left headlamps is configured to produce a low beam light distribution pattern having a horizontal cutoff line to irradiate a region in front of the vehicle headlamp apparatus, and is operable to selectively produce one or both of a right side auxiliary light distribution pattern above a right part of the horizontal cutoff line and a left side auxiliary light distribution pattern above a left part of the horizontal cutoff line, the controller comprises a vehicle position detecting section which detects a position of a forward vehicle ahead of the vehicle headlamp apparatus, and the controller is configured to control, based on the position of the forward vehicle detected by the vehicle position detecting section, each of the right and left headlamps to produce one or both of the right side auxiliary light distribution pattern and the left side auxiliary light distribution pattern.