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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2018
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Hori, Shizuoka, JP;
Norimasa Yamamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Akitaka Kanamori, Shizuoka, JP;
Akinori Matsumoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Teruaki Yamamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Minami Katagiri, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshiaki Fushimi, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Takii, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuyuki Kato, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A translucent cover () defines a lamp chamber () together with a housing () while forming a portion of an outer face of a vehicle. A LiDAR sensor () is disposed in the lamp chamber () to detect external information of the vehicle. A half mirror () is disposed in the lamp chamber () so as to cover the LiDAR sensor () from a side where the translucent cover () is disposed. The translucent cover () has a first transparency to visible light. The half mirror () has a second transparency to the visible light that is lower than the first transparency.