Communication lamp for vehicle
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuichi Shibata, Honami Fujii, Kouhei Murata, Kouki Hizumi
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Abstract
A communication lamp for a vehicle includes a light source unit including a multi-color light source configured to emit light of a plurality of colors, and an illumination control unit configured to control the light source unit such that colors of the light emitted from the light source unit change over time.
Claims6
A communication lamp for a vehicle, the communication lamp being a turn signal lamp, a brake lamp, or a backup lamp for transmitting predetermined information to a traffic participant by turning on or turning off the communication lamp, and the communication lamp comprising:
- a light source unit including a multi-color light source configured to emit light of a plurality of colors;
- and
- an illumination control unit configured to control the light source unit such that colors of the light emitted from the light source unit change over time,
- wherein the illumination control unit is configured to control the light source unit:
- in a general operation mode in which the light source unit is continuously turned on without changing during general time;
- and
- in a feeling expression mode in which the light source unit is operated according to an input signal from a user,
- wherein in the feeling expression mode, the illumination control unit is configured to control the light source unit such that a color of the light emitted from the light source unit changes over time, and
- wherein the illumination control unit is configured to switch the light source unit from the general operation mode to the feeling expression mode, based on a feeling expression signal received by the illumination control unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.