公开(公告)号：US11634065B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US17668916

申请日：2022-02-10

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Takao Hasegawa ,  Daisuke Iwahashi ,  Hiroki Monta ,  Rumi Ohnishi

IPC: B60Q1/14 ,  H05B47/105 ,  B60W60/00

Abstract: A control method according to the present disclosure includes: obtaining (receiving) position information (a danger warning signal) indicating a target position where a target object is present; determining whether the vehicle is driving autonomously or is being driven manually; when the vehicle is determined to be being driven manually, inspecting whether the target position is located within a predetermined region of a travel route of the vehicle based on the position information; when the target position is located within the predetermined region, changing the light transmission state of the headlight from a first state to a second state; and when the vehicle is determined to be driving autonomously and/or the target position is not located within the predetermined region, maintaining the light transmission state of the headlight.