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Patent No.:

US 10214134 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2017

Illumination device for vehicle

Applicants:

Fumihiko Mouri, Owariasahi, JP;

Susumu Yamamoto, Toyota, JP;

Takeshi Masuda, Shizuoka, JP;

Misako Nakazawa, Shizuoka, JP;

Inventors:

Fumihiko Mouri, Owariasahi, JP;

Susumu Yamamoto, Toyota, JP;

Takeshi Masuda, Shizuoka, JP;

Misako Nakazawa, Shizuoka, JP;

Assignees:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;

KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Minato-ku, JP;

Attorney:

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Tung X Le

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); F21S 41/141 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); B60Q 1/085 (2013.01); B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01); G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/45 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01); F21S 41/141 (2018.01);
Abstract

An illumination device for a vehicle, includes: a detection unit that detects a person; an illumination unit that illuminates light in a direction toward a road surface, an illumination region of the light being alterable; and a control unit that, in a case in which a person is detected by the detection unit and there is a possibility of collision between the detected person and the vehicle, controls the illumination unit so as to illuminate light at a region in a range of view of the detected person that is separated from the person by a pre-specified distance, and so as to move the light in a direction of movement of the detected person while maintaining the separation at the pre-specified distance.

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