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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019

Filed:

May. 24, 2016
Applicants:

Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, JP;

Inventors:

Ryu Mizuno, Kariya, JP;

Shinichi Futamura, Kariya, JP;

Tatsuya Takagaki, Nisshin, JP;

Takatoshi Nakagawa, Toyota, JP;

Kiyotaka Mochizuki, Minato-ku, JP;

Takao Muramatsu, Minato-ku, JP;

Assignees:

DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-pref., JP;

KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01); F21S 41/25 (2018.01); F21S 41/663 (2018.01); F21S 41/141 (2018.01); F21S 41/40 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60Q 1/14 (2013.01); H05B 33/0854 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/41 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01); F21S 41/141 (2018.01); F21S 41/25 (2018.01); F21S 41/40 (2018.01); F21S 41/663 (2018.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract

A vehicle headlight control apparatus controls headlights of a vehicle including LEDs. The vehicle headlight control apparatus includes: drivers and each of which gradually changes a luminance of the LEDs between a predetermined on state and a predetermined off state over a switching time period; and a lamp ECU that determines the switching time period in a changeable manner.


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