Patent ID: 7104664

Claim:
An apparatus for automatically adjusting a direction of a light axis of a vehicle headlight comprising: a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a vehicle speed of said vehicle; a steering angle sensor for detecting a steering angle of a steering wheel of said vehicle; and a swivel control unit for performing a swivel control by which said direction of said light axis of said vehicle headlight is swiveled horizontally by a swiveling angle depending on said vehicle speed detected by said vehicle speed sensor, said steering angle detected by said steering angle sensor, and a turn indication signal produced by a turn indicator of said vehicle, wherein said swivel control unit determines that said vehicle is making a left or right turn and halts said swivel control, if said vehicle speed detected by said vehicle speed sensor is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold speed and at least one of conditions that said turn indication signal is in an on state, and that said steering angle is outside a predetermined angular range is satisfied, said swivel control unit resuming said swivel control when said turn-indication signal is changed into an off state.