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US 10,246,011 B2Granted
Vehicular lighting device
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorHiroyasu Takagi
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Abstract
When a microcomputer detects that a user asks a question about a way of operating an air-conditioner, the microcomputer illuminates a switch of the air-conditioner, and moves a pointer displayed in an area being illuminated in an operation direction of the switch.
Claims8
A vehicular lighting device comprising:
- a lighting unit mounted on a vehicle and being configured to illuminate an illumination area and display a mark in the illumination area being illuminated;
- a detection unit configured to detect a predetermined state of the vehicle or a user;
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- a controller configured to cause the lighting unit to start illuminating the illumination area, and move the mark displayed in the illumination area, within the illumination area being illuminated, in accordance with contents of the detection performed by the detection unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.