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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Arinobu Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/2611 (2013.01); B60Q 1/52 (2013.01); B60Q 1/543 (2022.05);
Abstract
The present technology relates to a lighting control device that enables effective use of a roof light disposed along the outer periphery of a roof window of the vehicle, a lighting control method, and a vehicle. A lighting control device includes a light control unit that controls a roof light disposed along the outer periphery of a roof window of a vehicle, on the basis of at least one of a state of the vehicle, a situation around the vehicle, a situation inside the vehicle, or an operation on the vehicle. The present technology can be applied to a vehicle that has a roof window, for example.