Vehicle lighting apparatus
    2.
    发明授权
    Vehicle lighting apparatus 失效
    车辆照明装置

    公开(公告)号:US06459387B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-10-01

    申请号:US09688248

    申请日:2000-10-16

    IPC分类号: G08G1123

    摘要: A vehicle lighting apparatus is provided with a travel environment detecting means (2) for acquiring information indicative of a travel environment related to a travel path of a vehicle; a travel region judging means (3) for judging a travel region where the vehicle is presently traveling based upon the information acquired by the travel environment detecting means (2); and a lighting control means (4) for lighting control of a vehicle lighting member (6) in response to a judgement signal derived from the travel region judging means (3). For example, in response to a link number of nodes of a vehicle traveling path, which is obtained from a navigation apparatus (2a) constituting the travel environment detecting means (2), a travel region is judged based upon either a total value of the link numbers or an average value thereof, and an increase/decrease trend thereof. Thus, a travel region where a vehicle is traveling is judged to realize a vehicle lighting control suitable for this travel region.

    摘要翻译: 车辆用照明装置具备行驶环境检测机构(2),用于获取表示与车辆的行驶路径有关的行驶环境的信息; 根据由行驶环境检测装置获取的信息,判断车辆当前行驶的行驶区域的行驶区域判断装置(3); 以及用于响应于从行驶区域判断装置(3)导出的判断信号来照明车辆照明部件(6)的控制的照明控制装置(4)。 例如,响应于从构成行驶环境检测装置(2)的导航装置(2a)获得的车辆行驶路径的节点的连接数,行驶区域根据 链接号或其平均值,以及其增减趋势。 因此,车辆行驶的行驶区域被判断为实现适用于该行驶区域的车辆照明控制。

    Vehicle headlamp apparatus
    4.
    发明授权
    Vehicle headlamp apparatus 失效
    车辆前照灯装置

    公开(公告)号:US06817740B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-11-16

    申请号:US10006360

    申请日:2001-12-06

    IPC分类号: B60Q106

    摘要: In a vehicle headlamp apparatus 1, there are provided a map information acquiring means 2 for acquiring positional information on one's own vehicle on a map and the environmental information, and an environmental condition detection means 3 for detecting an environmental condition relating to a traveling road on which one's own vehicle is driven according image information or the information acquired from a radar. The light distribution control means 4 of a lighting device 5 performs light distribution control over the headlamp according to more reliable one of both kinds of information adopted with the priority given thereto out of the information derived from the map information acquiring means 2 and the information detected by the environmental condition detection means 3 or according to the information complemented with both kinds of information described above.

    摘要翻译: 在车辆用前照灯装置1中,设置有地图信息取得单元2,用于获取地图上的自身车辆的位置信息和环境信息,以及环境条件检测单元3,用于检测与行驶道路有关的环境状况 根据图像信息或从雷达获得的信息来驱动自己的车辆。 照明装置5的配光控制装置4根据从地图信息获取装置2导出的信息中给出的优先级采用的两种信息中的一种信息和检测到的信息,对前照灯执行配光控制 通过环境条件检测装置3或根据与上述两种信息相辅相成的信息。

    Light distribution control apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US06609817B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-08-26

    申请号:US10026875

    申请日:2001-12-27

    IPC分类号: B60Q102

    摘要: A light distribution control apparatus which is less affected by an error in a navigation function, and conducts a proper light distribution. An illuminated area and a glare quantity are controlled according to a determination on a traveling region of a vehicle (an expressway, a general road, or an urban region), and an illuminating direction is controlled according to a determination on a road shape. On the other hand, a navigation processor determines reliabilities of current position detection, and a vehicle position based on road data, and determines a reliability of the road shape and a reliability of the traveling region. A base illuminated area and a medium glare are selected when the reliability of the traveling region is low, an illuminated area according to the traveling region is selected and the glare quantity is decreased when the reliability is medium, and an illuminated area and a glare quantity according to the traveling region are selected when the reliability is high. A light distribution angle &thgr; hs according to a steering angle is selected when the reliability of the road shape is low, and a light distribution angle &thgr; hn for illuminating a vehicle position after T seconds is selected when the reliability is high.

    Infrared-ray radiating lamp for automobile
    6.
    发明授权
    Infrared-ray radiating lamp for automobile 失效
    汽车红外线辐射灯

    公开(公告)号:US06601980B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-08-05

    申请号:US09783028

    申请日:2001-02-15

    IPC分类号: F21V1100

    CPC分类号: B60Q1/14 H01J61/40

    摘要: An infrared-ray radiating lamp which is prevented from being mistaken for a tail lamp or a stop lamp by ensuring that not only infrared rays but also visible rays are emanated from a front lens simultaneously. The lamp includes a lighting chamber defined by a lamp body and a front lens, a reflector disposed in the lighting chamber, and infrared-ray radiation means and visible-ray radiation means disposed in front of the reflector in the lighting chamber. The infrared rays radiated from the infrared-ray radiation means and the visible rays radiated from the visible-ray radiation means are emanated from the front lens simultaneously when the lamp is lit. Thus, the rays distributed by the lamp include both red infrared rays and white visible rays, and therefore a red color is not particularly noticeable. Thus, the infrared-ray radiating lamp when lit is not mistaken for a tail lamp or a stop lamp.

    摘要翻译: 通过确保不仅从前透镜同时发出红外线而且可见光线,防止被误认为尾灯或停止灯的红外线辐射灯。 灯包括由灯体和前透镜限定的照明室,设置在照明室中的反射器,以及设置在照明室中的反射器前面的红外线辐射装置和可见光辐射装置。 当灯点亮时,从红外线辐射装置辐射的红外线和从可见光辐射装置辐射的可见光线同时从前透镜发射。 因此,由灯分配的光线包括红色红外线和白色可见光线,因此红色并不特别明显。 因此,点亮时的红外线辐射灯不会被误认为尾灯或停止灯。

    Vehicular headlamp
    7.
    发明授权
    Vehicular headlamp 有权
    车载大灯

    公开(公告)号:US08523417B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-03

    申请号:US12833450

    申请日:2010-07-09

    申请人: Shoji Kobayashi

    发明人: Shoji Kobayashi

    IPC分类号: B60Q1/00 F21V11/00 F21V17/02

    CPC分类号: F21S41/645 F21S41/135

    摘要: A vehicular headlamp includes a projection lens, a light source, a reflector, and a liquid crystal shutter. The liquid crystal shutter includes a pair of transparent plates, a liquid crystal member, and a pair of polarization plates. The liquid crystal member is disposed only in a part of an area between the pair of transparent plates. The pair of polarization plates are disposed only in an area of the outer surface of the pair of transparent plates corresponding to an area in which the liquid crystal member is disposed. The area in which the liquid crystal member is disposed includes a first area for blocking a part of reflected light from the reflector such that light emitted from the projection lens forms a low-beam distribution pattern having a cut-off line at an upper end edge, and a second area for blocking light emitted from the projection lens and then reflected by a road surface ahead of a vehicle toward a space above the cut-off line.

    摘要翻译: 车辆前照灯包括投影透镜,光源,反射器和液晶快门。 液晶快门包括一对透明板,液晶部件和一对偏光板。 液晶部件仅设置在一对透明板之间的区域的一部分。 一对偏光板仅配置在与配置液晶部件的区域对应的一对透明板的外表面的区域中。 配置液晶部件的区域包括:第一区域,用于阻挡来自反射体的反射光的一部分,使得从投影透镜发射的光形成在上端边缘处具有截止线的近光分布图案 以及第二区域,用于阻挡从投影透镜发射的光,然后由车辆前方的路面反射到截止线上方的空间。

    Headlamp control device and vehicle headlamp having headlamp control device
    8.
    发明授权
    Headlamp control device and vehicle headlamp having headlamp control device 有权
    前照灯控制装置和具有头灯控制装置的车辆前照灯

    公开(公告)号:US08425092B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-04-23

    申请号:US12548768

    申请日:2009-08-27

    申请人: Shoji Kobayashi

    发明人: Shoji Kobayashi

    摘要: A headlamp control device is provided. The device includes a visual object luminance unit, an adapted state unit, a recognition limit unit, a visual object recognition unit, and a light distribution control unit. The visual object luminance unit estimates a visual object luminance based on information about a vehicle forward captured image. The adapted state unit estimates an adaptation luminance based on the information about the vehicle forward captured image. The recognition limit unit estimates a recognition limit luminance, in the visual object range, based on at least the adaptation luminance. The visual object recognition unit determines whether the visual object luminance is less than the recognition limit luminance. The light distribution control unit controls a light distribution of a headlamp unit such that the visual object luminance is included in a range of the recognition limit luminance, if the visual object luminance is less than the recognition limit luminance.

    摘要翻译: 提供前照灯控制装置。 该装置包括可视对象亮度单元,适应状态单元,识别限制单元,视觉对象识别单元和配光控制单元。 视觉对象亮度单元基于关于车辆前向拍摄图像的信息来估计视觉对象亮度。 适应状态单元基于关于车辆前向拍摄图像的信息估计适应亮度。 识别限制单元至少基于自适应亮度估计视觉对象范围内的识别限制亮度。 视觉对象识别单元确定视觉目标亮度是否小于识别限制亮度。 如果视觉目标亮度小于识别极限亮度,则光分布控制单元控制前照灯单元的光分布,使​​得视觉目标亮度被包括在识别限制亮度的范围内。

    Lighting system for vehicle
    9.
    发明授权
    Lighting system for vehicle 有权
    车辆照明系统

    公开(公告)号:US07344288B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-18

    申请号:US11119441

    申请日:2005-04-29

    IPC分类号: B60Q1/08

    摘要: A vehicle lighting system 1 reads position data of a plurality of nodes which are situated ahead of and behind the current position of a cruising vehicle using vehicle current position data and road map data to estimate the shape of a driving path by connecting the plurality of nodes via an interpolation process. Then, as to nodes which are recognized as change points of the shape of the driving path by a road node characteristic position detecting device 4, for example, a bending point or inflecting point, and a starting point and a terminating point of a curve path, a transition range is set ahead of and behind the nodes by a transition range setting device 5. Then, when the cruising vehicle runs through the range so set, a control quantity related to the illumination control of a vehicle headlamp 10 is made to be changed slowly.

    摘要翻译: 车辆照明系统1使用车辆当前位置数据和路线图数据读取位于巡航车辆的当前位置前方和后方的多个节点的位置数据,以通过连接多个节点来估计行驶路径的形状 通过插值处理。 然后,对于被道路节点特征位置检测装置4识别为驾驶路径的形状的变化点的节点,例如弯曲点或拐点,以及曲线路径的起点和终点 ,过渡范围设定装置5将转移范围设定在节点之前和之后。 然后,当巡航车辆经过如此设定的范围时,使与车辆用前照灯10的照明控制有关的控制量缓慢变化。

    Projection-type headlamp also having infrared light emitting function
    10.
    发明授权
    Projection-type headlamp also having infrared light emitting function 失效
    投射式前照灯也具有红外发光功能

    公开(公告)号:US06827473B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-12-07

    申请号:US10271999

    申请日:2002-10-17

    申请人: Shoji Kobayashi

    发明人: Shoji Kobayashi

    IPC分类号: F21V1100

    CPC分类号: F21S41/686 F21V9/04 G01S11/12

    摘要: A projection-type headlamp serving also as an infrared light-emitting lamp assuring a sufficient intensity of infrared light irradiation ahead of a vehicle while preventing glare to oncoming vehicles in the adjacent lane. The headlamp is provided with an ellipsoidal reflector, a light source, a shade in the form of an infrared light-transmitting film for reflecting visible light and while allowing infrared light to pass through, and a projection lens for forming simultaneously a predetermined visible light beam pattern and a predetermined infrared light beam pattern, in which an upper edge portion of the shade is positioned above the optical axis of the reflector. A cut line and a hot zone of the visible light beam pattern are set beneath the horizontal line on a light distribution screen so that the visible light beam cannot cause glare for drivers of oncoming vehicles in the opposite lane, and a hot zone of the infrared light beam pattern is set on the horizontal line on the light distribution screen. With this arrangement, the infrared light beam reaches a long distance, and the imaging performance of an infrared noctovision camera is enhanced

    摘要翻译: 也用作红外发光灯的投射型前照灯,确保在车辆前方具有足够的红外光照射强度,同时防止对相邻车道中的迎面而来的车辆的眩光。 前照灯设置有椭圆反射器,光源,用于反射可见光并同时允许红外光通过的红外光透射膜形式的阴影部,以及用于同时形成预定的可见光束的投影透镜 图案和预定的红外光束图案,其中阴影的上边缘部分位于反射器的光轴上方。 可见光束图案的切割线和热区设置在配光屏幕的水平线的下方,使得可见光束不会对相对车道中的迎面而来的车辆的驾驶员造成眩光,并且红外线的热区 光束图案设置在配光屏幕上的水平线上。 通过这种布置,红外光束达到长距离,并且提高了红外夜视摄像机的成像性能