CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT

A control apparatus () for vehicle headlight including a rear end detection unit () that detects a rear end () of a preceding vehicle () and a light blocking area setting unit () that sets a light blocking area () that includes the rear end within a light illumination area of a headlight () of an own vehicle (), wherein the light blocking area setting unit sets the light blocking area such that a spreading extent () of the light blocking area outside the rear end is wider on a side in which a front end of the preceding vehicle is present than on the opposite side with reference to the rear end as viewed from the own vehicle.