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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2010
Atsuhiko Ito, Miyoshi, JP;
Shinichi Yaoichi, Okazaki, JP;
Nobuki Hayashi, Toyota, JP;
Takuma Saito, Toyota, JP;
Atsuhiko Ito, Miyoshi, JP;
Shinichi Yaoichi, Okazaki, JP;
Nobuki Hayashi, Toyota, JP;
Takuma Saito, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle interior light includes a lighting source that illuminates a vehicle interior; an decorative lighting source that decoratively illuminates the vehicle interior; a lighting switch that controls on-off state of the lighting source; an decorative lighting switch that controls on-off state of the decorative lighting source and the lighting source; and a light dimming unit that lowers illuminance of the lighting source. When the decorative lighting source is turned on, power is supplied to the decorative lighting source so that the decorative lighting source is lit up, while power is supplied to the lighting source through the light dimming unit so that the lighting source is lit up with low illuminance.