Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle lamp controller
- Patent Title (中): 车灯控制器
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Application No.: US13534646Application Date: 2012-06-27
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Publication No.: US08866388B2Publication Date: 2014-10-21
- Inventor: Akitaka Kanamori , Kentaro Tani , Naoki Tatara
- Applicant: Akitaka Kanamori , Kentaro Tani , Naoki Tatara
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2011-142401 20110628
- Main IPC: B60Q1/02
- IPC: B60Q1/02 ; B60Q1/14 ; B60Q11/00 ; B60Q1/08

Abstract:
A vehicle lamp controller includes a lamp control unit that performs lamp control, in which light amount or light distribution of each of a plurality of lamps to be provided on a vehicle that runs on electric power from a battery, is controlled, according to a priority that is assigned to each of the plurality of lamps, wherein the priorities are determined based on degrees of necessity of the plurality of lamps in securing safety for the vehicle. The vehicle lamp controller may further include a remaining battery charge detecting device for detecting a remaining charge of a battery, and the lamp control unit may be configured to perform the lamp control according to the priorities when the remaining charge becomes lower than a predetermined threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130002135A1 VEHICLE LAMP CONTROLLER Public/Granted day:2013-01-03
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