Control apparatus for vehicle lamp and vehicle lamp system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9238431
APP PUB NO 20120294020A1
SERIAL NO

13473858

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A control apparatus for a vehicle lamp includes a receiver to receive an acceleration signal indicative of an acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor, and a controller to derive an inclination angle of a vehicle relative to a horizontal plane from the acceleration signal. While the vehicle is stopped and if a change in the acceleration exceeds a threshold, the controller outputs an adjustment signal indicative of an instruction to adjust an optical axis of the vehicle lamp in accordance with a difference in the inclination angle before and after the change in the acceleration.

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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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