Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle lamp
- Patent Title (中): 车灯
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Application No.: US12759957Application Date: 2010-04-14
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Publication No.: US08482204B2Publication Date: 2013-07-09
- Inventor: Yasushi Noyori , Takayoshi Kitagawa
- Applicant: Yasushi Noyori , Takayoshi Kitagawa
- Applicant Address: JP Minato-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Minato-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-105546 20090423
- Main IPC: B60Q1/14
- IPC: B60Q1/14

Abstract:
A vehicle lamp includes: an infrared light semiconductor light source which emits infrared light; a white light semiconductor light source which emits white light; and a control unit including: a current supply circuit which supplies a light source driving current to each of the infrared light semiconductor light source and the white light semiconductor light source; and a light source abnormality detecting unit which detects abnormality of the white light semiconductor light source and stops a driving operation of the infrared light semiconductor light source when the abnormality is detected.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100270927A1 VEHICLE LAMP Public/Granted day:2010-10-28
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