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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Kazutami Oishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyoshi Sazuka, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Kazutami Oishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyoshi Sazuka, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 21/00 (2006.01); F21V 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicular headlamp includes a first semiconductor light-emitting element for emitting visible light, a reflector having an optical center in the vicinity of the first semiconductor light-emitting element and forming at least a part of a light distribution pattern of the vehicular headlamp, and a second semiconductor light-emitting element, for emitting infrared light, which is disposed at a position different from that of the first semiconductor light-emitting element, and which emits infrared light to be reflected by the reflector.