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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Katsunori Michiyama, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Yamamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Katsunori Michiyama, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Yamamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); H01H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An illumination control unit includes an automatic control function for automatically controlling the turning on and off of vehicle head lights depending on brightness of an environment around a vehicle. A sensitivity adjuster is installed on a lever extending from a steering column in a vehicle compartment. The sensitivity to the brightness of the environment around the vehicle at the time when the auto-on and auto-off state of the vehicle lights is changed can be adjusted with the sensitivity adjuster.