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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Atsushi Heike, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Yokosuka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); F21V 21/28 (2006.01); F21V 21/29 (2006.01); B60Q 3/74 (2017.01); B60Q 3/82 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/74 (2017.02); B60Q 3/82 (2017.02);
Abstract
A vehicle interior lighting device according to an embodiment includes a housing, a cover provided on one end portion side of the housing, a light-emitting section provided on the inside of the housing, and a detecting section provided on the inside of the housing and configured to detect, via the cover, a change in energy involved in a motion of an operator and convert the detected change in the energy into an electric signal.