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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2019
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Norihisa Sutou, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaaki Nakabayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshinori Shibata, Shizuoka, JP;
Ryuho Sato, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Tatara, Shizuoka, JP;
Akinori Matsumoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyomi Akachi, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle illumination system provided to a vehicle capable of traveling in an autonomous driving mode includes: an illumination unit configured to emit a light pattern toward an outside of the vehicle; and an illumination controller configured to control the illumination unit to irradiate the light pattern to a predetermined position. When the vehicle changes a traffic lane from a first traffic lane to a second traffic lane, the illumination controller: controls the illumination unit to irradiate the light pattern on a road surface between a first other vehicle traveling on the second traffic lane and a second other vehicle which is a following vehicle of the first other vehicle; and changes a length of the light pattern, depending on an interval between the first other vehicle and the second other vehicle.