Koito Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kenji Nobuhara

Hiroya Koizumi

Yosuke Sakauchi

Naoki Tatara

Kazunori Natsume

Toshihiro Okamura

Asami Nakada

Kenichi Okamura

Naoki Kazaoka

Kazuyuki Ishikawa

Haruma Yuasa

A vehicle communication system installed in a vehicle includes: a lamp for illumination, a display or signal; a display that is configured by a planar light emitter and has an information display function; and a control unit that is capable of controlling turning-on of the lamp and of the display. The control unit is configured to control the lamp and the display in a linked manner, and present vehicle information indicating a condition of the vehicle by combining light emission of the lamp with information display of the display.

Vehicle communication system, vehicle module, front composite module, and vehicle lamp

Provided is a turn signal lamp including a light source, a light guide, and a camera having an image capture device, which are installed within a lamp chamber formed by a lamp body and an outer cover. At least a portion of the light guide is formed in an area that extends from the camera in a direction following a vehicle surface.

Turn signal lamp

A vehicle lamp assembly includes a first lamp section and a second lamp section, which are disposed inside a lamp chamber defined by a lamp body and a front cover. The first lamp section includes a light source and a reflector which reflects light from the light source. The second lamp section includes a first light emitting device, a second light emitting device, a light guide member, and an optical component. The light guide member includes a base end face from which the light guide member extends in a strip shape along the front cover, a functional portion having a diffusing front surface which emits light from a first light emitting device, and a decorative portion having an internally reflecting rear surface which reflects light from a second light emitting device. A light emitting area of the decorative portion is larger than that of the functional portion. The optical component is disposed on a rear side of the functional portion to guide the light from the first light emitting device toward the diffusing front surface. The light emitted from the second light emitting device is incident on the base end face.

Vehicle lamp assembly

Front combination lamp for an automobile

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Shizuoka, Japan

Kenji Nobuhara