Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Vehicle subsystem or accessory control
Reexamination Certificate
2008-12-09
2010-12-28
Black, Thomas G (Department: 3661)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Vehicle subsystem or accessory control
C362S036000, C362S037000, C362S464000, C362S465000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07860627
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle headlight apparatus receives road data from a navigation system. The apparatus has a first and a second swivel devices for adjusting an optical axis directions of a main light and a sub-light corresponding to one and the other headlights of a right and a left headlights, respectively. The apparatus also has a control unit, which separately controls the first and the second swivel devices, so that a one-eye navigation-cooperated control operation can be carried out which adjusts only the optical axis direction of the main light to be coincident with a road direction calculated based upon the road data.
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Office Action issued Jun. 8, 2009 in corresponding Japanese Application No. 2004-084009 with an at least partial English language translation thereof.
Office Action issued on Apr. 22, 2008 in corresponding JP Application No. 2003-415360 (and at least partial English version thereof).
Hasegawa Junichi
Horii Yasutoshi
Behncke Christine
Black Thomas G
Denso Corporation
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
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