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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2019
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Takii, Shizuoka, JP;
Masatsugu Murayama, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle lamp and a lighting control method thereof which prevent senses of incongruity and discomfort when a light scanning type lamp is turned on. The vehicle lamp includes a first lamp (a low beam lamp unit)configured to illuminate a required area when turned on, a second lamp (a high beam lamp unit)configured to illuminate an area different from the required area when turned on, and a lighting control deviceconfigured to control lighting of the first lamp and the second lamp. The second lamp is configured as a light scanning type lamp including a light sourceand a scanning means(a motor, a rotating mirror) configured to scan light emitted from the light source. The lighting control device drives the scanning means of the second lamp when the first lamp is turned on.