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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2020
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shun Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Hayashida, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle capable of operating in a self-driving mode includes a self-driving indicator lamp and a controller. The self-driving indicator lamp can turn on so as to be visually recognized from an outside of the vehicle in the self-driving mode. The controller controls a lighting state of the self-driving indicator lamp. The self-driving indicator lamp includes a right indicator lamp and a left indicator lamp respectively disposed in right and left parts of the vehicle. Lighting states of the right indicator lamp and the left indicator lamp can be controlled independently. When the vehicle starts to move in the self-driving mode from a parked or stopped state, the lighting states of the right indicator lamp and the left indicator lamp which have turned off during when the vehicle has been parked or stopped, in a manner similar to each other so as to indicate a frontward or rearward starting direction.