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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G08G 1/09 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0289 (2013.01); B60Q 1/00 (2013.01); B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60W 30/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G08G 1/09 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); G08G 1/163 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illumination device provided in a vehicle capable of traveling in an automatic driving mode is provided with: an illumination unit configured so that light is emitted toward the outside of the vehicle; and an illumination control unit configured so that, on the basis of an illumination control signal transmitted from another vehicle capable of traveling in an automatic driving mode and provided with an illumination unit, the illumination state of the illumination unit corresponds to the illumination state of the illumination unit.