US 12,459,424 B2
Vehicle lamp control device, and vehicle lamp
Yasufumi Suzuki, Isehara (JP)
Assigned to Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., Isehara (JP)
Appl. No. 18/554,753
Filed by Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., Isehara (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 12, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/017591
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/220241, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-067283 (JP), filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0198892 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60Q 1/143 (2013.01) [B60Q 2300/054 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/112 (2013.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device comprising circuitry controlling a lamp that is mounted on a vehicle that is equipped with an automatic driving operation function or a driving support function and irradiates a light distribution pattern including a hot zone to the front of the vehicle, wherein
the control device being arranged to control the lamp in accordance with a traveling speed of the vehicle, and
when the vehicle is in an automatic driving operation state or a driving support state, the control device controls the width of the hot zone of the light distribution pattern so that the width stepwise or continuously expands as the traveling speed of the vehicle increases.