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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2018
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Jun Iwasaki, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This vehicle lamp system, which is used together with a vehicle control unit that controls the travel state of a vehicle, comprises an ID lamp which is mounted on the vehicle and which lights up when the vehicle control unit controls the travel state of the vehicle, and a lamp control unit which controls the ID lamp. The vehicle control unit is configured to output to the lamp control unit an advance warning signal that indicates a travel state change prior to making said change, and the lamp control unit is configured to control the ID lamp to switch between a first mode carried out when the vehicle control unit maintains a prescribed travel state without changing the travel state, and a second mode carried out when an advance warning signal has been inputted from the vehicle control unit.