IP Library Granted Patent US 9,908,467
Granted Patent B2
US 9,908,467 · App. 15/366,760 · Granted Mar 6, 2018

Vehicle interior illumination device

Inventors: Tomonori Ohashi (Shizuoka, JP); Hiroko Barasawa (Shizuoka, JP); Terumitsu Sugimoto (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 9,908,467
App. No.
15/366,760
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle interior illumination device includes: illumination parts respectively provided in a plurality of positions in a vehicle; and a control part which controls turning on and off operations and illuminating colors of the illumination parts. The control part allows the illumination parts respectively to emit lights by different colors of a same type relating to a theme selected by the control part.

Claims (11)

1. A vehicle interior illumination device comprising:

illumination parts respectively provided in a plurality of positions in a vehicle; and

a control part which controls turning on and off operations and illuminating colors of the illumination parts,

wherein the control part allows the illumination parts respectively to emit lights by different colors relating to a theme selected by the control part, and

wherein the control part selects the theme in accordance with at least one of an image signal from an image recording part which records an image outside the vehicle, a vehicle interior temperature detection signal from a vehicle interior temperature detection part which detects a temperature in the vehicle, and a vehicle speed detection signal from a vehicle speed detection part which detects a vehicle speed.

2. The vehicle interior illumination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the illumination parts comprises a light emitting part covered with a cover having an optical part which diffuses or converges and transmits lights, and the light emitting part cannot be viewed by the cover when the illumination part is not turned on.

3. The vehicle interior illumination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control part allows at least one of the illumination parts to be flashed when a door is not completely locked in accordance with a detection signal from an incompletely locked door detection part provided in the door of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle interior illumination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control part changes the illumination color, an intensity of illumination or a lighting range of at least one of the illumination parts in accordance with a speed of the vehicle based on a detection signal from a vehicle speed detection part which detects a vehicle speed of the vehicle.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2016
From: OHASHI, TOMONORI; BARASAWA, HIROKO; SUGIMOTO, TERUMITSU
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040486/0794 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-236836 · Dec 3, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170158123A1 · Jun 8, 2017