US 11,745,642 B2
Vehicle light system
Manabu Shimada, Wako (JP); Shigeto Iwamoto, Wako (JP); Keisuke Maeda, Wako (JP); and Takashi Mai, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/198,599.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-044878 (JP), filed on Mar. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0284060 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/085 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/0076 (2013.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01)] 11 Claims
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1. A light system for a vehicle, comprising:
a combination switch set to a rotation position to be rotationally changed for switching modes of a light that provides illumination outside;
a photosensor configured to detect brightness outside the vehicle; and
a speed sensor configured to detect a speed of the vehicle; wherein
the rotation position includes an AUTO position, a SMALL position, and an OFF position;
the combination switch includes a mechanism which returns the rotation position to the AUTO position when the rotation position is changed to the OFF position or the SMALL position,
the light includes a low-beam headlight and a position light, and
the AUTO position allows the low-beam headlight and the position light to turn on or off depending on the brightness outside the vehicle detected by the photosensor,
the light system further comprising:
a light control unit configured to turn off the low-beam headlight and to turn on the position light when
the rotation position is set to the AUTO position,
the brightness outside the vehicle detected by the photosensor is lower than a predetermined value,
the speed detected by the speed sensor is lower than a first predetermined speed, and
the rotation position is then changed to the SMALL position or the OFF position.