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Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2024
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuji Tsuchiya, Wako, JP;

Kei Oshida, Wako, JP;

Masayoshi Takori, Wako, JP;

Tatsuya Iwasa, Wako, JP;

Haruko Okuyama, Wako, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/525 (2013.01); B60Q 1/5037 (2022.05); B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/112 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/116 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/23 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/45 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an illumination device for a vehicle, when a recognition part has recognized that a pedestrian may be present on an advancing route and when a detection part has detected that a driver has recognized the pedestrian, an exterior light is brought into either a first lit or first not-lit state, and when the recognition part has recognized that the pedestrian may be present on the advancing route and when the detection part has detected that the driver has not recognized the pedestrian, the exterior light is brought into either a second lit or second not-lit state, and the first lit state and the second lit state are different from each other and the first not-lit state and the second not-lit state are different from each other.


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