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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2011
Applicant:
Kazuhiko Nakashima, Miyoshi, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhiko Nakashima, Miyoshi, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/054 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/112 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/114 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/12 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/142 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/312 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/334 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide a headlamp device for a vehicle that has LEDs as light sources, the headlamp device including a situation detection part that detects a lighting status of headlamps; and a dimming control part that reduces the luminance of the headlamps to a prescribed value that is greater than zero based on the lighting status of the headlamps.