Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light irradiation control apparatus and method of light irradiation control
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Application No.: US16607933Application Date: 2017-06-09
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Publication No.: US11654823B2Publication Date: 2023-05-23
- Inventor: Mitsuhiro Aono , Mitsuo Shimotani
- Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/021455 2017.06.09
- International Announcement: WO2018/225241A 2018.12.13
- Date entered country: 2019-10-24
- Main IPC: B60Q1/50
- IPC: B60Q1/50 ; H05B47/105 ; G08G1/00

Abstract:
An object is to provide a light-irradiation technique that are capable of making the driver of a vehicle around a vehicle platoon aware of changes in the vehicle configuration of the vehicle platoon. During no changes in the vehicle configuration of a vehicle platoon, a controller performs control in such a manner that an irradiation device of the vehicle casts light in a steady-state mode common in the vehicle platoon. In a process where the vehicle merges with another of the vehicle alone or another of the vehicle platoon, the controller performs control in such a manner that the irradiation device of the merging vehicle casts light in a transition mode. In a process where the vehicle leaves the vehicle platoon, the controller performs control in such a manner that the irradiation device of the leaving vehicle casts light in the transition mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210094464A1 LIGHT IRRADIATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF LIGHT IRRADIATION CONTROL Public/Granted day:2021-04-01
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