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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuo Hagisato, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/1438 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/056 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/41 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illuminating device includes a detecting section configured to detect a vehicle height of a forward vehicle running in front of a vehicle; and a control section configured to control an illuminating range of a head lamp of the vehicle according to the vehicle height.