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US 12,691,813 B2Granted
Vehicle lamp with lamp controller that controls the emission direction when turning
AssigneeKoit Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorHidetada Tanaka
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Abstract
A vehicle lamp includes an optical unit including a light source that emits at least a low beam light distribution pattern and a lamp control unit that controls the optical unit. When the vehicle is turning and an oncoming vehicle is present in front of a vehicle mounted with the vehicle lamp, the lamp control unit controls the optical unit to lower an emission direction of the low beam light distribution pattern.
Claims8
A vehicle lamp comprising:
- an optical unit including a light source configured to emit at least a low beam light distribution pattern;
- and
- a lamp controller configured to control the optical unit,
- wherein the lamp controller is configured to determine whether an oncoming vehicle is present in front of the vehicle,
- wherein the lamp controller is configured to generate position information of the oncoming vehicle when the oncoming vehicle is determined to be present, and
- wherein when a vehicle mounted with the vehicle lamp is turning and the oncoming vehicle is determined to be present, the lamp controller controls the optical unit to lower an emission direction of the low beam light distribution pattern based on the position information of the oncoming vehicle.
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