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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2016
Yazaki Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Terumitsu Sugimoto, Makinohara, JP;
Hiroko Aono, Makinohara, JP;
Yasushi Ohba, Makinohara, JP;
Nobuyoshi Imaeda, Kariya, JP;
Makoto Sunohara, Kariya, JP;
Hisanori Kato, Kariya, JP;
Masahiro Kasai, Toyota, JP;
YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle interior illumination device includes an illumination lamp that is provided in a vehicle interior and is configured to be turned on to illuminate the vehicle interior, a detector that detects a condition to have the illumination lamp to be turned on, and a controller that controls a lighting of the illumination lamp. When the condition is detected by the detector, the controller lights the illumination lamp with a first light amount and when the condition is not detected by the detector, the controller lights the illumination lamp with a second light amount smaller than the first light amount.