Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lighting controlling device of vehicle lighting equipment
- Patent Title (中): 车灯照明设备照明控制装置
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Application No.: US12182615Application Date: 2008-07-30
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Publication No.: US07880401B2Publication Date: 2011-02-01
- Inventor: Takayoshi Kitagawa , Masayasu Ito
- Applicant: Takayoshi Kitagawa , Masayasu Ito
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Osha • Liang LLP
- Priority: JP2007-200657 20070801
- Main IPC: H05B41/16
- IPC: H05B41/16

Abstract:
A lighting controlling device of vehicle lighting equipment includes switching regulators for supplying a current to a plurality of semiconductor light sources respectively; a plurality of current driving portions, having switching elements connected to the semiconductor light sources for controlling ON/OFF of the semiconductor light sources, for current-driving the semiconductor light sources at a maximum current value or a current value smaller than the maximum current value in response to respective operating states of the switching elements; current setting portion for setting a maximum current value applied in current-driving the current driving portion or a maximum current value of currents fed from the switching regulators to the semiconductor light sources separately in plural stages in response to respective assignments; and a controlling portion for controlling the current driving portion and the current setting portion in response to a plurality of lighting modes based on communication information from an external device. The controlling portion assigns the maximum current value corresponding to each lighting mode to the current setting portion for every lighting mode, and assigns ON/OFF periods of the switching elements to the current driving portion for every lighting mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090072764A1 LIGHTING CONTROLLING DEVICE OF VEHICLE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT Public/Granted day:2009-03-19
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