US 11,835,661 B2
Aiming adjustment method and aiming adjustment apparatus for vehicle lamp
Mitsuharu Mano, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/052,071
Filed by KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/017643
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/212033, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-088087 (JP), filed on May 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0055395 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G01B 7/31 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); F21S 41/657 (2018.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); B60Q 1/068 (2006.01); G01M 11/06 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 7/497 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/068 (2013.01); F21S 41/657 (2018.01); G01M 11/06 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aiming adjustment method for adjusting a posture of a vehicle lamp provided with a LIDAR device, the aiming adjustment method comprising:
providing a screen in front of the LIDAR device;
detecting a state of a surface of the screen by the LIDAR device;
detecting an angular error of the posture of the vehicle lamp based on a detection signal indicating the state of the surface; and
correcting the posture of the vehicle lamp based on the angular error.