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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Naohiro Seo, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Toshiya Hashimoto, Miyoshi, JP;
Masato Maemura, Numazu, JP;
Ryosuke Ikemura, Susono, JP;
Shogo Tsuge, Fuji, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/12 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) determines whether the power transmission efficiency is decreasing due to the vehicle moving laterally from the power supply lane at night, and if the power transmission efficiency is decreasing, the ECU activates an adaptive front-lighting system (AFS), which can automatically change the range of light emitted in a traveling direction of the vehicle in response to a steering operation.