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Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2021
Applicant:

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shuki Yamamoto, Shizuoka, JP;

Akinori Ito, Shizuoka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/249 (2022.05); B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60Q 1/547 (2022.05); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A light emitter emits detecting light to a detecting area located outside a monitoring device. A light receiver detects reflected light that is generated in accordance with reflection of the detecting light by an object located in the detecting area. A first processor is capable of executing first detecting processing that is a part of information detecting processing for detecting information of the object based on the reflected light. A second processor is capable of executing second detecting processing that is a part of the information detecting processing, and is at least partially different from the first detecting processing. A controller changes a ratio of each of the first detecting processing and the second detecting processing to the information detecting processing.


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