Control device for vehicle lamp, and vehicle lamp system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10676016
APP PUB NO 20170297477A1
SERIAL NO

15641253

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A vehicle-lamp control device includes a control unit that adjusts an optical axis with respect to a change in a total angle that includes a road surface angle and a vehicle attitude angle while the vehicle is at rest, and maintains the optical axis with respect to a change in the total angle while the vehicle is traveling. The control unit fixes the optical axis angle when a fault state of the control device is detected. Upon the control device having recovered from a fault state, the control unit generates an adjustment signal either upon estimating a current vehicle attitude angle on the basis of an output value from the tilt sensor obtained while the vehicle is traveling, or upon receiving a signal indicating a current vehicle attitude angle from an external device.

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KOITO MANUFACTURING CO LTDTOKYO JAPAN TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kasaba, Yusuke Shizuoka, JP 30 185
Toda, Atsushi Shizuoka, JP 229 2777
Yamazaki, Masashi Shizuoka, JP 41 390

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