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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Naoyuki Fujiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Sekiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); H05B 47/125 (2020.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/24 (2013.01); G08G 1/0137 (2013.01); G08G 1/04 (2013.01); H05B 47/125 (2020.01);
Abstract
A vehicle lighting control apparatus includes a detection unit and a light control unit. The detection unit detects a target object present outside an illumination range of a low beam of a vehicle, using a device such as a far-infrared camera. The light control unit illuminates a range in which the target object detected by the detection unit is present with a marking light that can illuminate an area at a greater distance when compared with the low beam, thereby allowing a driver to recognize the target object.