Title:
VEHICULAR LIGHTING SYSTEM, AND LIGHTING CONTROL METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009101926
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a vehicular lighting system for preventing a driver in an opposite vehicle from being dazzled while securing a sufficient quantity of light when a road surface is in a wet condition, and to provide a lighting control method.
The vehicle lighting system 100 is provided for controlling the mode of light to be emitted from a head lamp 14. It comprises a rainfall detecting means 12 for detecting rainfall, and a light emitting intensity control means 21 for making the light emitting intensity of the head lamp 14 with its wavelength shorter than a predetermined wavelength A, lower when the rainfall detecting mean 12 detects rainfall than when it does not detect rainfall.
Inventors:
KANAZAWA TAKEHIRO
ATSUMI BUNJI
KITAHARA SATOSHI
ATSUMI BUNJI
KITAHARA SATOSHI
Application Number:
JP2007276684A
Publication Date:
May 14, 2009
Filing Date:
October 24, 2007
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B60Q1/04; F21S8/10; F21S10/02; F21V9/08; F21W101/10
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadahiko Ito
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