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Title:
VEHICLE LAMP SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE LAMP
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011235678
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To reduce visual troublesomeness a driver receives when the driver switches between two light distribution patterns shifted at least partially in an irradiation area.

A vehicle lamp system includes a vehicle lamp that forms a light distribution pattern for a right side high beam and a light distribution pattern for a left side high beam, wherein the light distribution pattern for the left side high beam has an irradiation area where at least a portion thereof is shifted from the irradiation area formed by the light distribution pattern for the right side high beam; and a control unit that controls the vehicle lamp. The control unit switches between the light distribution pattern for the right side high beam and the light distribution pattern for the left side high beam via a formation state of a light distribution pattern for a low beam.


Inventors:
NAKANISHI YUTAKA
YAMAZAKI ATSUYUKI
Application Number:
JP2010106614A
Publication Date:
November 24, 2011
Filing Date:
May 06, 2010
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KOITO MFG CO LTD
International Classes:
B60Q1/14; F21S8/12; F21W101/10
Domestic Patent References:
JP2010092754A2010-04-22
JP2009046087A2009-03-05
JPH0648601B21994-06-22
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sakaki Morishita
Yusuke Murata
Tomoyuki Miki