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Title:
VEHICULAR LIGHTING SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017159866
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately call for attention by emitting light.SOLUTION: A vehicular lighting system (10) comprises: detection means (110, 120, 130, 210) that detect the position and moving direction of an object (30) present around the own vehicle (20); determination means (230) that determines on the basis of the position and moving direction of the object, whether the object is a target calling for attention or not; emitting means (300) that emits light for calling for attention relative to the object; and control means (240) that controls the emitting means if the object is a pedestrian crossing one traffic lane in which the own vehicle is traveling, such that the light is continuously emitted during a period of time that attention should be called for other vehicles (40) traveling in the other traffic lanes even after the pedestrian has crossed the one traffic lane.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Inventors:
SATO MINAMI
FUJITA KAZUYUKI
NAGATA SHINICHI
Application Number:
JP2016048654A
Publication Date:
September 14, 2017
Filing Date:
March 11, 2016
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B60Q1/26; B60Q1/04; B60R21/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2008007079A2008-01-17
JP2014046838A2014-03-17
JP2008143510A2008-06-26
JP2015164842A2015-09-17
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tatsuo Egami
Koji Yamamoto
Satoshi Nakamura