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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2007
Shinya Watanabe, Seto, JP;
Shinya Watanabe, Seto, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular illumination system includes a vehicular illumination unit whose light distribution is changeable, a detection unit that detects an illumination target, and an acquisition unit that acquires load information representing a processing load when processing is performed to controls the light distribution of the vehicular illumination unit based on the relative displacement between the subject vehicle and the illumination target detected by the detection unit. Further, the vehicular illumination system includes a control unit that is capable of plural types of light distribution control, in each of which the processing load is different, and that controls the light distribution of the vehicular illumination unit by the light distribution control of a load corresponding to the processing load that is represented by the load information acquired by the acquisition unit.