{
"$type": "site.standard.document",
"description": "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…",
"path": "/patents/983961",
"publishedAt": "2013-10-02T00:00:00.000Z",
"site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
"tags": [
"B60Q1/143",
"TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]"
],
"textContent": "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.",
"title": "LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HEADLAMP FOR VEHICLE"
}