Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kento Nakazato

Fumihiko Mouri

Ayaka Kagami

A vehicle lighting device disclosed in this specification comprises an illumination unit that draws an image on a road surface around a vehicle by illuminating the road surface with light; a turn signal unit that causes a turn signal lamp to flash; and a controller configured to control the illumination unit, wherein when the vehicle changes a lane from a first lane to a second lane adjacent to the first lane, the controller causes the turn signal lamp to flash on a lane change side, and causes the illumination unit to draw a lane change image for notifying surroundings of a behavior of the vehicle, and the controller changes a configuration of the lane change image according to at least one of a presence and a position of a subsequent vehicle traveling rearward of the vehicle and along the second lane.

Vehicle lighting device for lane change indication and vehicle lighting device with image projection on road surface

A vehicle display device includes a visible light source that repeatedly turns on and off and emits visible light, an invisible light source that emits invisible light, and a projection unit that projects visible light emitted from the visible light source and invisible light emitted from the invisible light source onto a road surface as a drawing pattern.

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Tama, Japan

Kento Nakazato