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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2023
Maxell, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Masahiro Kishigami, Otokuni-gun, JP;
Toshinori Sugiyama, Otokuni-gun, JP;
Yasuhiko Kunii, Otokuni-gun, JP;
Yuji Tsuchiya, Wako, JP;
Go Shimizu, Wako, JP;
Masayoshi Takori, Wako, JP;
Ryuya Kawaji, Wako, JP;
Maxell, Ltd., Otokuni-gun, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle comprising a state detection device the detects a behavior and peripheral environmental information of the vehicle, an optical device that displays at least a plurality of condensing marks which are a pattern indicating at least a travelling direction of the vehicle on a road surface, and a lamp controller that controls lighting or blinking of the optical device. The lamp controller acquires a detection signal, lights or blinks the optical device based on the detection signal, and combines a plurality of linear partial irradiation images into the plurality of condensing marks. The optical device arranges and displays the plurality of condensing marks side by side on a road where the vehicle enters in the traveling direction, and displays the plurality of condensing marks in at least two different colors that appear to overlap each other to a viewer when the viewer is a first distance from the vehicle.