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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2016
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kiyotaka Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Uesugi, Shizuoka, JP;
Hideki Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Tatsuya Takagaki, Nisshin, JP;
Takatoshi Nakagawa, Toyota, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle lamp system includes a high-beam lamp unit that can form a high-beam light-distribution pattern, a leveling mechanism that vertically adjusts an optical axis of the high-beam lamp unit, and a control unit that controls on/off of the high-beam lamp unit and controls the leveling mechanism. Upon the engine being started, the control unit controls the high-beam lamp unit to turn on for a predetermined period of time in a state in which the leveling unit adjusts the optical axis of the lamp unit to aim more vertically downward than in normal operation.