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Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2015
Applicant:

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shinji Ohta, Shizuoka, JP;

Masahiro Sawada, Shizuoka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/38 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0815 (2013.01); B60Q 1/382 (2013.01); H05B 33/089 (2013.01); H05B 33/0827 (2013.01);
Abstract

A light source lighting circuit comprises a first lighting circuit for receiving current from the electric power supply line and supplying drive current to a first light source and a second lighting circuit for receiving the current from the electric power supply line and supplying drive current to a second light source. When a state of the drive current flowing to the first light source shows an abnormality, or when state of the drive current flowing to the second light source shows an abnormality, the first lighting circuit stops operation. When a state of the drive current flowing to the second light source shows an abnormality, or when a state of the drive current flowing to the first light source shows an abnormality, the second lighting circuit stops operation.


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