| CPC B60Q 1/143 (2013.01) [B60Q 2300/136 (2013.01); B62J 6/023 (2020.02)] | 12 Claims |
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1. A light emitting device for use in a leaning vehicle including a vehicle body that leans in a left direction in turning left and leans in a right direction in turning right, the light emitting device being supported by the vehicle body so that the light emitting device leans in the left direction together with the vehicle body in turning left and leans in the right direction together with the vehicle body in turning right, the light emitting device comprising:
a pair of cornering lamps, including a first cornering lamp and a second cornering lamp, that emit light to form
a single left-front light emission area visually recognizable by a rider of the leaning vehicle on a road surface at left-front of the vehicle body when the leaning vehicle turns left, and
a single right-front light emission area visually recognizable by the rider of the leaning vehicle on the road surface at right-front of the vehicle body when the leaning vehicle turns right; and
a control device that controls light emission by the pair of cornering lamps based on a lean angle of the vehicle body, wherein
each of the pair of cornering lamps includes:
at least one light source, and
a light travel direction changing member disposed corresponding to the at least one light source, the light travel direction changing member changing a travel direction of light outputted from the at least one light source; and
the control device is configured
to cause a first quantity of light, which is a quantity of light outputted from the at least one light source included in the first cornering lamp, to vary in accordance with the lean angle of the vehicle body, such that
the single left-front light emission area becomes larger as the lean angle of the vehicle body increases, and
the first quantity of light is increased as the lean angle of the vehicle body increases within a first left lean angle range, the first left lean angle range being equal to or larger than a second left lean angle range that is a range of the lean angle of the vehicle body between when the vehicle body starts leaning left and when the at least one light source included in the first cornering lamp is turned on, and
to cause a second quantity of light, which is a quantity of light outputted from the at least one light source included in the second cornering lamp, to vary in accordance with the lean angle of the vehicle body, such that
the single right-front light emission area becomes larger as the lean angle of the vehicle body increases, and
the second quantity of light is increased as the lean angle of the vehicle body increases within a first right lean angle range, the first right lean angle range being equal to or larger than a second right lean angle range that is a range of the lean angle of the vehicle body between when the vehicle body starts leaning right and when the at least one light source included in the second cornering lamp is turned on.
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