VEHICLE LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A vehicle light control device mounted on a vehicle to control lighting of a light of the vehicle based on illuminance around the vehicle, comprising:
- an infrared sensor that detects an infrared ray around the vehicle;
an infrared illuminance detector that detects infrared illuminance from an output of the infrared sensor;
a visible-Light sensor that detects visible light around the vehicle;
a visible-light illuminance detector that detects visible-light illuminance from an output of the visible-light sensor;
a storage in which a first lighting threshold is stored; and
a controller that controls the Lighting of the light based on the infrared illuminance detected by the infrared illuminance detector, the visible-light illuminance detected by the visible-light illuminance detector, and the first lighting threshold stored in the storage,wherein the controller calculates a illuminance difference between the infrared illuminance detected by the infrared illuminance detector and the visible-light illuminance detected by the visible-light illuminance detector, and the controller turns on the light when the illuminance difference is less than or equal to the first lighting threshold.
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Abstract
A vehicle light control device mounted on a vehicle to control lighting of a light of the vehicle based on illuminance around the vehicle, has an infrared sensor that detects an infrared ray around the vehicle, an infrared illuminance detector that detects infrared illuminance from an output of the infrared sensor, a visible-light sensor that detects visible light around the vehicle, a visible-light illuminance detector that detects visible-light illuminance from an output of the visible-light sensor, a storage in which a first lighting threshold is stored, and a controller that controls the lighting of the light based on the infrared illuminance detected by the infrared illuminance detector, the visible-light illuminance detected by the visible-light illuminance detector, and the first lighting threshold stored in the storage.
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3 Claims
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1. A vehicle light control device mounted on a vehicle to control lighting of a light of the vehicle based on illuminance around the vehicle, comprising:
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an infrared sensor that detects an infrared ray around the vehicle; an infrared illuminance detector that detects infrared illuminance from an output of the infrared sensor; a visible-Light sensor that detects visible light around the vehicle; a visible-light illuminance detector that detects visible-light illuminance from an output of the visible-light sensor; a storage in which a first lighting threshold is stored; and a controller that controls the Lighting of the light based on the infrared illuminance detected by the infrared illuminance detector, the visible-light illuminance detected by the visible-light illuminance detector, and the first lighting threshold stored in the storage, wherein the controller calculates a illuminance difference between the infrared illuminance detected by the infrared illuminance detector and the visible-light illuminance detected by the visible-light illuminance detector, and the controller turns on the light when the illuminance difference is less than or equal to the first lighting threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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