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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Youngho Son, Gyeongsan, KR;
Byoungki Ji, Gyeongsan, KR;
Inventors:
Youngho Son, Gyeongsan, KR;
Byoungki Ji, Gyeongsan, KR;
Assignee:
SL Corporation, Daegu, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an automotive lamp and a method for controlling the same, and more particularly, to an automotive lamp capable of informing an ambient vehicle approaching from behind of a vehicle state by irradiating light forming a road pattern indicating the vehicle state to at least an area behind the vehicle, and a method for controlling the same. The automotive lamp includes a detection unit which detects a vehicle state; and lamp units, controlled by a control unit, which irradiates light forming a road pattern indicating the vehicle state to at least an area behind a vehicle.