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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, JP;
Motohiro Komatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Takeshi Masuda, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuji Yasuda, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuyuki Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Hidetada Tanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A light emitting lamp according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a laser light source, a scanning unit, which scans the laser light emitted from the laser light source so as to form a visible light distribution pattern, an obstacle detector, which detects an obstacle, if any, in front of a driver's vehicle, and a control unit, which adjusts the intensity of the laser light irradiated to an obstacle existent region, according to the distance from the driver's vehicle to the obstacle, based on the detection result of the obstacle detector.