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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Osamu Endo, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/30 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); F21S 43/00 (2018.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); B60Q 1/30 (2013.01); F21S 43/00 (2018.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06K 9/00825 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rear lamp (RL) provided on a rear part of a vehicle (CAR), wherein the rear lamp (RL) includes, in addition to a normal lamp, a sub-tail lamp (STL) configured to be lit on at least when a following vehicle is self-driving and to be detectable by the following vehicle when lit on. Since the following vehicle detects the sub-tail lamp (STL) lit in addition to the normal lamp, it is possible to detect the sub-tail lamp (STL) more accurately and more reliably than in detection of the normal lamp, and to detect the preceding vehicle (CAR) in a highly accurate and quick manner.