Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle lamp lighting control device
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Application No.: US16349684Application Date: 2017-11-16
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Publication No.: US10933809B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Takenori Wama , Mitsuharu Mano , Takanori Namba
- Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: JPJP2016-230769 20161129
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/041241 WO 20171116
- International Announcement: WO2018/101060 WO 20180607
- Main IPC: B60Q11/00
- IPC: B60Q11/00 ; B60Q1/04 ; G06K9/00 ; G07C5/08 ; H04N5/374

Abstract:
Provided is a vehicle lamp lighting control device which ensures proper lighting control of a lamp even when an abnormality occurs in the lamp or a camera. The vehicle lamp lighting control device includes a plurality of lamps (L-HL, R-HL) mounted on a vehicle, and each of the lamps includes a lamp unit (2) for illuminating a required region, an imaging unit (4) for imaging the required region, and a lamp control unit (5) for controlling lighting of the lamp unit (2) based on a captured image. When one lamp of the plurality of lamps is abnormal, the lamp control unit (5) of another lamp controls lighting of at least one normal lamp unit (2) of the plurality of lamps.
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