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Lighting control apparatus with diagnosis and warning feature

  • US 20120001547A1
  • Filed: 06/29/2011
  • Published: 01/05/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lighting control apparatus for a vehicle comprising:

  • a diagnosis circuit which diagnoses a malfunction of a light source which includes a plurality of lighting devices and emits light outside a vehicle;

    a vehicle state determining circuit which determines a state of the vehicle; and

    a malfunction warning circuit which operates the light source in one of predetermined warning lighting modes which is selected based on the state of the vehicle when the light source is determined by the diagnosis circuit as being malfunctioning.

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