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Granted Patent B2
US 11,932,166 · App. 17/900,799 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Road surface drawing system, lamp system, and vehicle display system

Inventors: Naoki Tatara (Shizuoka, JP); Kiyotaka Mochizuki (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
B60Q1/507B60Q1/1423B60Q1/5037B60Q1/545B60Q1/547B60Q1/549B60Q2400/50
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Patent No.
US 11,932,166
App. No.
17/900,799
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A road surface drawing system includes a road surface drawing lamp that is provided in a vehicle and illuminates a road surface with a beam, and a controller that controls the road surface drawing lamp and draws, with a beam BM, a pattern PTN on the road surface ahead of the vehicle. The controller draws a pattern PTN instructing the vehicle to stop if a signal state of an upcoming traffic signal is a red light.

Claims (8)

1. A lamp system, comprising:

a road surface drawing lamp that illuminates a road surface with a beam; and

a controller that controls the road surface drawing lamp and draws, with the beam, a pattern that includes two figures of each of which a lengthwise direction matches a traveling direction and an inner edge or an outer edge indicates a future course of a predetermined portion of a vehicle;

wherein the inner edges of the figures indicate a future course of predetermined portions of tires, and the outer edges of the figures indicate a future course of outermost ends of a vehicle body in a widthwise direction of the vehicle or a future course of predetermined portions of mirrors.

2. The lamp system according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined portion of the vehicle is any of a predetermined portion of a tire, an outermost end of a vehicle body, or a predetermined portion of a mirror.

3. The lamp system according to claim 1 , wherein

brightness of the figure is reduced toward one side in a widthwise direction of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2022
From: TATARA, NAOKI; MOCHIZUKI, KIYOTAKA
To: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (4)
JP 2020-036076 · Mar 3, 2020 · national
JP 2020-036077 · Mar 3, 2020 · national
JP 2020-050871 · Mar 23, 2020 · national
JP 2020-061148 · Mar 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021007941 · Mar 2, 2021
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