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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Naoki Tatara, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60Q 1/507 (2022.05); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0141 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lamp system includes a road surface drawing lamp that illuminates a road surface with a beam BM, and a lamp controlling unit that controls the road surface drawing lamp and draws, with the beam BM, a pattern PTN on the road surface ahead of a vehicle. The lamp controlling unit draws a first pattern before a start of a predetermined event and draws a second pattern at the start of the event. The first pattern includes first information to be presented in advance to a driver to allow the driver to respond to the event, and the second pattern includes second information corresponding to the event.