# US 12,109,934 B2 · Vehicle system and vehicle lamp > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,109,934 B2 - Document ID: US12109934B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/016,546 - Filed: 2021-06-21 - Published: 2023-09-07 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-17 - Assignees: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yosuke Menjo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12109934B2 ## CPC - B60Q 1/143: {combined with another condition, e.g. using vehicle recognition from camera images or activation of wipers} - B62J 6/023: responsive to the lean angle of the cycle, e.g. changing intensity or switching sub-lights when cornering - B62J 6/026: characterised by the structure, e.g. casings - B62J 45/41: characterised by the type of sensor - F21S 41/143: the main emission direction of the LED being parallel to the optical axis of the illuminating device - F21S 41/151: arranged in one or more lines - F21S 41/663: by switching light sources (by switching incandescent light sources F21S41/162) - B60Q 2300/056: Special anti-blinding beams, e.g. a standard beam is chopped or moved in order not to blind - B60Q 2300/136: Roll - B60Q 2300/42: oncoming vehicle - B60Q 2300/45: Special conditions, e.g. pedestrians, road signs or potential dangers - F21W 2102/14: having vertical cut-off lines; specially adapted for adaptive high beams, i.e. wherein the beam is broader but avoids glaring other road users - F21W 2102/145: wherein the light is emitted between two parallel vertical cutoff lines, e.g. selectively emitted rectangular-shaped high beam - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL - B62J: CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - F21W: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS ## Abstract A vehicle system, in a vehicle that travels around a corner by tilting a vehicle body toward a turning direction, includes a light source, an optical member configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern including a plurality of regions formed in parallel in one direction by irradiating a front side of a lamp with light from the light source, a sensor configured to detect a lamp position of an object outside the vehicle, and a control unit configured to determine an upper end position of the object based on the lamp position, and to adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern such that among the plurality of regions, a first region including the upper end position is not irradiated with the light. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle system provided in a vehicle that travels around a corner by tilting a vehicle body toward a turning direction, the vehicle system comprising: a light source; an optical member configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern including a plurality of regions formed in parallel in one direction by irradiating a front side of a lamp with light from the light source; a sensor configured to detect a lamp position of an object outside the vehicle; and a control unit configured to determine an upper end position of the object based on the lamp position, and to adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern such that among the plurality of regions, a first region including the upper end position is not irradiated with the light. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the object is a vehicle mounted with a pair of lamps arranged at both left and right sides at a certain distance, and the control unit is configured to: calculate an interval between the pair of lamps based on the lamp position, and calculate the upper end position by multiplying the interval by a predetermined constant. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of regions are vertically elongated regions arranged in parallel in a left-right direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the light source includes a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in parallel, the plurality of regions are formed in parallel along a horizontal direction by light from the plurality of light emitting elements, and the control unit turns off the light emitting element forming the first region among the plurality of light emitting elements based on the upper end position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the optical member includes at least one of a rotation reflector, a galvanometer mirror, and a polygon mirror, and the control unit controls a scanning direction of the light determined by at least one of the rotation reflector, the galvanometer mirror, and the polygon mirror, and an emission timing of the light from the light source, based on the upper end position, and then forms the predetermined light distribution pattern such that the first region is not irradiated with the light. ### Claim 6 A vehicle lamp provided in a vehicle capable of travelling around a corner by tilting a vehicle body toward a turning direction, the vehicle lamp comprising: a light source; an optical member configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern including a plurality of regions formed in parallel in a horizontal direction by irradiating a front side of the lamp with light from the light source; and a control unit configured to, when an object is present outside the vehicle, determine an upper end position of the object based on a lamp position of the object, and to adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern such that among the plurality of regions, the region including the upper end position is not irradiated with the light. ### Claim 7 A vehicle lamp provided in a vehicle capable of travelling around a corner by tilting a vehicle body toward a turning direction, the vehicle lamp comprising: a light source; an optical member configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern including a plurality of regions formed in parallel in a horizontal direction by irradiating a front side of the lamp with light from the light source; and a control unit configured to adjust the predetermined light distribution, wherein the control unit is configured to, when an object is present outside the vehicle, reduce an illuminance of light for a first region of the plurality of the regions including a lamp position of the object and a second region adjacent to the first region and closer to the vehicle to an illuminance lower than an illuminance of light for regions other than the first region and the second region. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The vehicle lamp according to claim 7, wherein the control unit is configured to increase width of the second region as tilting of the vehicle increases. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The vehicle lamp according to claim 7, wherein the control unit is configured to, when the object is present, adjust the predetermined light distribution such that the first region and the second region are not irradiated with the light. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The vehicle lamp according to claim 7, wherein the control unit is configured to, when the object is present, adjust the predetermined light distribution such that the first region and the second region are irradiated with the light.