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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/31 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0041 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0047 (2013.01); B60Q 1/08 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/31 (2018.01); B60Q 2200/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a vehicular lamp including a main lamp unit, a sub lamp unit, and an imaging unit disposed in a lamp housing and configured to perform a light distribution control of the main lamp unit based on an image captured by the imaging unit. The sub lamp unit is disposed between the imaging unit and the main lamp unit. Light emitted from the main lamp unit is shaded by the sub lamp unit and suppressed from being incident on the imaging unit.