Patent ID: 7374320

Claim:
A vehicle headlamp apparatus for horizontally swiveling a headlamp of a vehicle, the apparatus recognizing (i) information on shape of a travel road, on which the vehicle travels, and (ii) a current position of the vehicle on the travel road, the apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to perform a first operation to control a swivel angle of the headlamp based on a steering angle of the vehicle and a speed of the vehicle and the control unit configured to perform a second operation to control the swivel angle based on the information on shape of the travel road, wherein if the vehicle approaches and enters a curved road, the control unit controls, in the first operation, the swivel angle until the vehicle reaches an entry control start point, which is a predetermined control setup distance short of a curved road start point indicating a beginning of the curved road, and the control unit controls, in the second operation, the swivel angle after the vehicle reaches the entry control start point.