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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2022
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Naoki Tatara, Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyotaka Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/507 (2022.05); B60Q 1/1423 (2013.01); B60Q 1/5037 (2022.05); B60Q 1/545 (2022.05); B60Q 1/547 (2022.05); B60Q 1/549 (2022.05); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A road surface drawing system includes a road surface drawing lamp that is provided in a vehicle and illuminates a road surface with a beam, and a controller that controls the road surface drawing lamp and draws, with a beam BM, a pattern PTN on the road surface ahead of the vehicle. The controller draws a pattern PTN instructing the vehicle to stop if a signal state of an upcoming traffic signal is a red light.