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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshihisa Hayami, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ishida, Shizuoka, JP;
Hideki Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Sugimoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ; F21V 2/128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ; F21V 2/128 ;
Abstract
The lighting device for a vehicle includes running direction detect means,for detecting the vehicle running direction or the vehicle steering angle and vehicle speed detect means,for detecting the vehicle speed. An illumination control means,specifies the turn-on and turn-off of a plurality of lamps in accordance with detect signals output from the means,and,, thereby changing the combinations of the illumination ranges of the lamps.