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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2024
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle lamp includes an optical unit including a spatial light modulator that provides a normal light distribution pattern and a road surface drawing, and an actuator that drives the optical unit so as to switch an illumination direction of the optical unit between a first direction for the normal light distribution pattern and a second direction for the road surface drawing, the second direction pointing more downward than the first direction. The spatial light modulator is configured to turn on at least part of an off area of the spatial light modulator for the normal light distribution pattern along with an on area of the spatial light modulator for the normal light distribution pattern, during a restoration operation of the actuator that drives the optical unit so as to restore the illumination direction of the optical unit upward from the second direction to the first direction.
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