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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 14, 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 ...
H05B 47/10 (2020.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2023.01); H05B 45/325 (2020.01); H05B 47/125 (2020.01); B60Q 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 47/125 (2020.01); B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); G02B 19/0009 (2013.01); G02B 19/0076 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H05B 45/325 (2020.01); B60Q 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle infrared lamp system mounted on a vehicle equipped with an infrared camera includes: an infrared light source; a rotating reflector; an other-vehicle position acquisition unit configured to acquire position information of another vehicle; and a control unit configured to control a lighting state of the infrared light source based on the position information of the other vehicle acquired by the other-vehicle position acquisition unit such that a dimming region where radiant intensity of infrared light is lower than radiant intensity of any other region is formed on at least a part of the other vehicle.