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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle illumination system provided to a vehicle capable of traveling in an autonomous driving mode includes: an illumination unit configured to emit light toward an outside of the vehicle; and an illumination controller configured to change an illumination mode of the illumination unit, depending on a waiting time of the vehicle.