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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2010
Kazuyuki Maruyama, Saitama, JP;
Yutaka Murata, Saitama, JP;
Yojiro Tsutsumi, Saitama, JP;
Toru Miyagawa, Saitama, JP;
Kazuyuki Maruyama, Saitama, JP;
Yutaka Murata, Saitama, JP;
Yojiro Tsutsumi, Saitama, JP;
Toru Miyagawa, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle lighting system having a plurality of lighting apparatuses disposed so as to make a vehicle front surface reminiscent of a 'face,' wherein an outline of a light-emitting surface of each of the lighting apparatuses from blurring to be fused. A glare area G has a width y as expressed in an expression 'y=a+b·ln(x) (ln is a natural logarithm),' “a=−107,” and “b=39.6” when a main lighting apparatus has a luminous intensity of x is defined outside an outline OL of a main light-emitting surface in a vehicle front view, and an auxiliary lighting apparatus disposition area, in which an auxiliary lighting apparatus of a steadily lighting type different from a flashing type lighting apparatus is disposed, is set upwardly of the main lighting apparatus and outside the glare area G.