US 12,466,308 B2
Vehicle headlight system, display control method for vehicle headlight system, and non-transitory storage medium
Yukimi Murase, Toyota (JP); Sho Masuda, Toyota (JP); and Tetsuya Ikuta, Miyoshi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/365,641.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-151903 (JP), filed on Sep. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0101017 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01)
CPC B60Q 1/08 (2013.01) [B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/171 (2024.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle headlight system comprising:
a headlight that irradiates light in front of a host vehicle;
a target detection section that is configured to detect a target present in front of the host vehicle;
a display that is provided inside a vehicle cabin of the host vehicle;
a first memory;
a first processor that is coupled to the first memory;
a second memory; and
a second processor that is coupled to the second memory,
wherein:
the first processor includes a light irradiation control function that is configured to control light distribution of the headlight, based on a detection result by the target detection section, and
the second processor is configured to determine whether or not the light irradiation control function is in an active state, to control a display mode of the display so as to show a determination result, and in a case in which the light irradiation control function is in the active state, to control the display mode of the display so as to show, in addition to the determination result, a light distribution control state according to the light irradiation control function.