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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An illumination system includes an illumination control unit which is configured to change the illumination state of each of a left-side illumination unit (L), a left-side auxiliary illumination unit (L), a right-side illumination unit (R), and a right-side auxiliary illumination unit (R). The illumination control unit is configured to change the illumination state of the left-side illumination unit (L) when a vehicle () has detected a pedestrian (P). The illumination control unit is configured to change the illumination state of the left-side auxiliary illumination unit (L) according to the speed of the vehicle (). The illumination control unit is configured to change the illumination state of each of light emission segments (L) of the left-side illumination unit (L) and each of light emission segments (L) of the left-side auxiliary illumination unit (L).