US 12,240,379 B2
Illumination control device and illumination control method for a shifter of a vehicle
Fumitaka Abe, Tokyo (JP); and Yosuke Horiuchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/170,510.
Claims priority of application No. 202210324783.3 (CN), filed on Mar. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311754 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/82 (2017.01); B60K 23/02 (2006.01); B60Q 3/283 (2017.01)
CPC B60Q 3/82 (2017.02) [B60K 23/02 (2013.01); B60Q 3/283 (2017.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An illumination control device of a vehicle shifter disposed on a steering column of a vehicle, the illumination control device comprising:
a light source, provided in the vehicle shifter;
a vehicle door open-and-closed detection part, detecting an open-and-closed state of a door of the vehicle to generate a vehicle door open-and-closed signal;
a control device, controlling an illumination of the light source,
wherein the control device performs a lighting control to turn on the light source after a driver driving the vehicle switches on an ignition switch, and
the control device performs the lighting control to turn on the light source when the ignition switch is in an OFF state and after the vehicle door open-and-closed signal indicating that the door of the vehicle is switched from an open state to a closed state is detected.