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US 12,630,072 B2Granted
Vehicle lamp system
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomoaki Harada, Yoshihisa Endo
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Abstract
A vehicle lamp system is used with a visible light camera. The vehicle lamp system has a white low-beam lamp, a white high-beam lamp, and a white imaging lamp. The visible light camera has an imaging range wider than an illumination range of the low-beam lamp. The imaging lamp has an illumination range wider than the imaging range of the visible light camera.
Claims4
A vehicle lamp system for use with a visible light camera, the vehicle lamp system comprising:
- a white low-beam lamp;
- a white high-beam lamp;
- and
- a white imaging lamp;
- the visible light camera having an imaging range wider than an illumination range of the low-beam lamp;
- the imaging lamp having an illumination range wider than the imaging range of the visible light camera;
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- the imaging lamp having intensity lower than intensity of the low-beam lamp,
- wherein light distribution by the imaging lamp has intensity maximized at a center of the imaging range of the visible light camera, and has intensity distribution in which intensity is gradually decreased as the distance from the center increases.
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