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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Atsushi Sugimoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/085 (2013.01); B60Q 1/1423 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/45 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle lighting system is provided in a vehicle capable of traveling in an automated driving mode. The vehicle lighting system includes an automated driving system (ADS) lamp configured to emit light toward an outside of the vehicle to visually present information relating to automated driving of the vehicle, and a lighting control unit configured to determine brightness of the ADS lamp according to at least one of a distance between an object outside the vehicle and the vehicle, an attribute of the object, and a road surface condition around the vehicle.