(19)
(11) EP 2 644 449 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
published in accordance with Art. 153(4) EPC

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
13.11.2013 Bulletin 2013/46

(43) Date of publication:
02.10.2013 Bulletin 2013/40

(21) Application number: 10860090.9

(22) Date of filing: 24.11.2010
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B60Q 1/08(2006.01)
 B60Q 1/14(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/JP2010/070912
(87) International publication number:
WO 2012/070123 (31.05.2012 Gazette 2012/22)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(71) Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • FUJIYOSHI, Satoshi
    Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 (JP)
  • NAKAGAWA, Takatoshi
    Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 (JP)

(74) Representative: Kuhnen & Wacker 
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsbüro Prinz-Ludwig-Straße 40A
85354 Freising
85354 Freising (DE)

   


(54) LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HEADLAMP FOR VEHICLE


(57) A lighting apparatus for a vehicle includes headlamps configured to be switchable between high beam and low beam, wherein a direction of an optical axis of each of the headlamps is variable in a substantially horizontal plane by use of a swivel actuator and a controlling device configured to control the headlamps, wherein if the controlling device detects a forward vehicle in projection areas of the headlamps, the controlling device temporarily switches from the high beam to the low beam, then drives the swivel actuator toward a target swivel angle according to a position of the detected forward vehicle and, after finishing driving toward the target swivel angle or during driving toward the target swivel angle, starts projection by the high beam.