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Granted Patent B2
US 12,522,127 · App. 18/693,732 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Vehicular lamp

Inventor: Tatsuma Kitazawa (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
B60Q1/085B60Q9/008F21S41/675B60Q2300/40
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Patent No.
US 12,522,127
App. No.
18/693,732
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a vehicular lamp capable of notifying, when a subject vehicle approaches a corner with a blind spot, a pedestrian or other vehicles in the blind spot at the corner of the subject vehicle approaching the corner. In a vehicular lamp which includes an adaptive lamp unit ( 4 L, 4 R), an object detection signal acquirer ( 5, 14 ) that acquires an object detection signal around a vehicle, and an adaptive controller ( 6 L, 6 R) that adjusts an irradiation area and an irradiation light amount of the adaptive lamp unit ( 4 L, 4 R) based on the acquired object detection signal, the adaptive lamp unit ( 4 L, 4 R) is configured to irradiate a curve mirror (CM, CM 1 , CM 2 ) detected around the vehicle with light based on an object detection signal of the curve mirror (CM, CM 1 , CM 2 ).

Claims (11)

1 . A vehicular lamp comprising: an adaptive lamp unit; an object detection signal acquirer that acquires an object detection signal around a vehicle; and an adaptive controller that adjusts an irradiation area and an irradiation light amount of the adaptive lamp unit based on the acquired object detection signal, wherein

the adaptive lamp unit is configured to irradiate a curve mirror detected around the vehicle with light based on an object detection signal of the curve mirror.

2 . The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the object detection signal acquirer is a peripheral detection unit that images a periphery of the vehicle and detects the curve mirror.

3 . The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 , wherein

the vehicular lamp is an adaptive vehicle headlight, and

the adaptive lamp unit is an adaptive headlight unit, and at least at part thereof, has an irradiation area for irradiating the curve mirror with light.

4 . The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 , wherein light from the adaptive lamp unit is blinking light.

5 . The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the adaptive lamp unit includes adaptive lamp units provided on both left and right sides of the vehicle.

6 . The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 , wherein

the object detection signal acquirer acquires a detection signal of left and right curve mirrors present around the vehicle, and

the adaptive lamp unit is configured to irradiate the curve mirror in a direction in which a subject vehicle does not turn with continuous light and irradiate the curve mirror in a direction in which the subject vehicle turns with blinking light.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2024
From: KITAZAWA, TATSUMA
To: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066844/0196 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-162622 · Oct 1, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250376104A1 · Dec 11, 2025
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