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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 19, 2010
Tatsuo Oishi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tomoyuki Ohata, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Oishi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tomoyuki Ohata, Tokyo, JP;
Niles Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A first light on/off check portionchecks the on/off of a light depending on the brightness, and a second light on/off check portionchecks the on/off of the light depending on the rain. A light control portion, when the rain-dependent on/off check shows the turn-on of the light, turns on a head lamp to avoid the visibility difficulty caused by the rain and, when the rain-dependent on/off check shows the turn-off of the light, according to the result of the check of the brightness-dependent on/off of the light, controls the head lamp and small lamp. A running scene check portionchecks the states of the inside and outside of a tunnel, and the second light on/off check portion, when the rain-dependent on/off check shows the turn-on of the light, continues the turn-on of the light on/off check for a given time.