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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2005
Hiroyuki Yabashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Miyamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Norimitsu Hasegawa, Hyogo, JP;
Shigeru Ichida, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroyuki Yabashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Miyamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Norimitsu Hasegawa, Hyogo, JP;
Shigeru Ichida, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle cabin lighting apparatus includes a monitormounted to a ceiling of a vehicle cabin, a monitor folding-or-unfolding detecting meansfor detecting whether the monitor is placed in a folded or unfolded state, and a monitor control meansfor determining whether the monitor is placed in a video display mode or lighting mode based on a detection output of the monitor folding-or-unfolding detecting means, for controlling the operation of the monitor according to a result of the determination, and for applying, as illumination light, light emitted out of the monitor to the vehicle cabin when the monitor is placed in the lighting mode.