US 7,677,774 B2 · Vehicle interior illumination apparatus

Abstract

A vehicle interior illumination apparatus includes a first type touch switch which turns illumination ON and OFF when a human body touches a surface of an illumination lens on a vehicle compartment side, and a second type touch switch which switches between linkage and non-linkage between ON and OFF of illumination and a state of a door when the human body moves on the surface of the illumination lens on the vehicle compartment side. The first type touch switch includes a first transparent electrode on a surface of the illumination lens on the light source side for detecting touch of the human body on the surface of the illumination lens on the vehicle compartment side, and the second type touch switch includes a plurality of second transparent electrodes on the surface of the illumination lens on the light source side for detecting movement of the human body on the surface of the illumination lens on the vehicle compartment side.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle interior illumination apparatus, comprising:

a light source;
an illumination lens through which light from the light source transmits;
a first type touch switch for turning illumination ON and OFF when a portion of a human body touches a surface of the illumination lens on a vehicle compartment side of the illumination lens;
and
a second type touch switch for switching between a linkage mode in which ON and OFF of the illumination and a state of a door are associated with each other and a non-linkage mode in which ON and OFF of the illumination and a state of a door are not associated with each other, when the portion of the human body moves along the surface of the illumination lens on the vehicle compartment side of the illumination lens.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Vehicle interior illumination apparatus

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Abstract

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