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Vehicle illumination device, vehicle and illumination control system

US10663978B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2016
Grant dateMay 26, 2020
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/22
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An illumination device provided in a vehicle capable of traveling in an automatic driving mode is provided with: an illumination unit configured so that light is emitted toward the outside of the vehicle; and an illumination control unit configured so that, on the basis of an illumination control signal transmitted from another vehicle capable of traveling in an automatic driving mode and provided with an illumination unit, the illumination state of the illumination unit corresponds to the illumination state of the illumination unit.

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