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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshinori Shibata, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Takii, Shizuoka, JP;
Misako Kamiya, Shizuoka, JP;
Norihisa Sutou, Shizuoka, JP;
Masao Okawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G08G 1/0965 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/0965 (2013.01); B60Q 1/503 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle lighting system provided in a vehicle includes: a lighting unit configured to emit light toward outside of a vehicle; and a lighting control unit configured to control the lighting unit such that the lighting unit visually presents, to an oncoming vehicle present ahead of the vehicle, predetermined information on traveling support of the oncoming vehicle, based on a vehicle width of the oncoming vehicle and a road width in a lateral region of the vehicle.