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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2020
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuyuki Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); H04N 5/33 (2023.01); H05B 47/125 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); B60Q 1/085 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60Q 1/249 (2022.05); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); H05B 47/125 (2020.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle lamp system mounted on a vehicle includes an in-vehicle sensor includes an IR light source, a scanning unit, an infrared camera, a region setting unit for comparing information acquired from the in-vehicle sensor and information acquired by the infrared camera and setting a dimming area and/or an emphasis area, and a lamp control unit for controlling an applied power amount and turning on and off of the IR light source such that a specific region is irradiated with the infrared rays emitted from the IR light source based on output of the region setting unit.