To provide an inexpensive on-vehicle illumination device of a simple structure, which can be reliably operated by a minimum operation and viewpoint movement without extending a hand of a driver backwardly.
An on-vehicle illumination device 1 includes a light emission unit 2 having an LED light source, and an operation unit 3 for executing the lighting/extinguishing operation of the LED light source of the light emission unit 2, and further includes an infrared ray sensor 8 provided on the operation unit 3, and a control circuit 5 for controlling the lighting of the LED light source when the infrared ray sensor 8 senses the infrared ray emitted from a finger. For example, two infrared ray sensors 8 are provided, and recesses 9a, 9b for placing the finger is respectively provided in a vicinity of each infrared ray sensor 8. The control circuit 5 performs the control so that the LED light source is lit when the finger is placed on one recess 9a, and the LED light source is extinguished when the finger is placed on the other recess 9b.
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