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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Shoji Kobayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Shoji Kobayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is an object to reliably decide the running area of a vehicle and to carry out suitable irradiation control for the area. This invention provides a lighting devicefor a vehicle including irradiation control meansfor deciding a running area based on position information obtained by vehicle current-position detecting meansand road information obtained by road information acquiring meansand for carrying out irradiation control of a lighting tool for a vehicle according to a result of the decision. For road information, a current running area (a high-speed running area, an urban area) is decided based on information in the current position of a vehicle and information about a road over which the vehicle has already run or the same information and information about the forward place of the vehicle.