Apparatus for controlling lamp for vehicle and method for controlling lamp for vehicle using same

Disclosed herein are an apparatus for controlling a lamp for vehicles and a method of controlling a lamp for vehicles using the same. The apparatus includes a first sensing unit to sense information regarding approaching to a current object when one's own vehicle is running, a second sensing unit to sense current brightness information of the lamp installed at the vehicle when the vehicle is running, a control unit receiving the information regarding approaching to a current object sensed by the first sensing unit and the current brightness information sensed by the second sensing unit and including a range of information regarding approaching to a preset reference object and a range of reference brightness information.