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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Sho Horiuchi, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An infrared light projection control apparatus controls a projection of infrared light from an infrared light projection device which is mounted on a vehicle and projects the infrared light onto at least a part of a surrounding of the vehicle. The infrared light projection control apparatus acquires capturing condition information corresponding to information on a capturing condition for capturing the surrounding of the vehicle by a capturing device mounted on the vehicle and acquiring images of the surrounding of the vehicle, and projects the infrared light from the infrared light projection device when the capturing condition identified by the capturing condition information satisfies a predetermined condition.