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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2016
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Takii, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Tatara, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshihiro Okamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Takeshi Masuda, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular illumination device provided to a vehicle capable of travelling in an automatic driving mode includes an illumination unit configured to display advance-notice information for giving advance-notice of automatic traveling control of the vehicle so that a passenger in the vehicle can visually recognize the advance-notice information, and an illumination controller configured to control the illumination unit so that the passenger in the vehicle can visually recognize the advance-notice information before the automatic traveling control of the vehicle is executed.