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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hidetada Tanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuichi Shibata, Shizuoka, JP;
Misako Nakazawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Michihiko Hayakawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); F21S 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/085 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); F21S 48/1159 (2013.01); F21S 48/1317 (2013.01); F21S 48/1742 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/054 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/056 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/312 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle lamp includes a first light source that emits light of a first brightness, a second light source that emits light of a second brightness higher than the first brightness, an actuator that changes the direction of light emitted from the first light source and the second light source, and an ADB control device that controls the light output of the second light source and the actuator so as to be associated with each other in accordance with a driving condition of a vehicle.