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Granted Patent B2
US 12,734,957 · App. 18/938,576 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Light distribution control device

Inventor: Tetsuya Ikuta (Miyoshi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60Q1/1423B60Q2300/41
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,734,957
App. No.
18/938,576
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light distribution control device for controlling a light distribution of a headlight that illuminates in front of a vehicle includes a control unit configured to control the light distribution based on a front captured image of an onboard camera of the vehicle, so that an illuminance of a first region including a front vehicle located ahead of the vehicle is smaller than an illuminance of a second region not including the front vehicle. The control unit is configured to set a range of the first region based on a lateral position of the front vehicle in the front captured image and a lateral movement speed of the front vehicle in the front captured image.

Claims (8)

1 . A light distribution control device for controlling a light distribution of a headlight that illuminates in front of a vehicle, the light distribution control device comprising:

a control unit configured to control the light distribution based on a front captured image of an onboard camera of the vehicle, so that an illuminance of a first region including a front vehicle located ahead of the vehicle is smaller than an illuminance of a second region not including the front vehicle,

wherein the control unit is configured to set a range of the first region based on a lateral position of the front vehicle in the front captured image and a lateral movement speed of the front vehicle in the front captured image.

2 . The light distribution control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit is configured to acquire, based on a right edge position of a front vehicle region surrounding the front vehicle in the front captured image, a right margin to extend the first region rightward relative to the right edge position,

the control unit is configured to acquire, based on a left edge position of the front vehicle region in the front captured image, a left margin to extend the first region leftward relative to the left edge position,

the control unit is configured to increase the right margin and decreases the left margin when the movement speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined right threshold value in a right direction, compared to when the movement speed is less than the right threshold value in the right direction, and

the control unit is configured to increase the left margin and decreases the right margin when the movement speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined left threshold value in a left direction, compared to when the movement speed is less than the left threshold value in the left direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2024
From: IKUTA, TETSUYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 069155/0271 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-195833 · Nov 17, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250162494A1 · May 22, 2025
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