Vehicle lamp system for indicating autonomous driving and charge level of battery
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsAtsushi Sugimoto, Toru Takahashi
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AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsAtsushi Sugimoto, Toru Takahashi
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Problem: To clearly indicate an autonomous driving state and a charge level of a battery of a vehicle with a single lamp. Solution: A vehicle headlamp (3) includes a communication lamp (7) for indicating an autonomous driving state of a vehicle while the vehicle is driving, and a lamp ECU (32) for performing control to cause the communication lamp (7) to indicate a charge level of a battery (31) while the vehicle is stationary. The lamp (7) includes an elongated light guide body that continuously extends along a straight line or a curve and a plurality of light emitting devices (22) arranged at an interval in a longitudinal direction of the light guide body. The lamp ECU (32) controls the output of light from each of the light emitting devices (22) to change an illuminated range of the light guide body according to the charge level of the battery (31).
A vehicle lamp system comprising:
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