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LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE AND LIGHT CONTROL PROGRAM

  • US 20150246633A1
  • Filed: 02/04/2013
  • Published: 09/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2012
  • Status: Active Application
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1. A light control device that is mounted in a vehicle and controls an irradiation area of a light in an own vehicle, the light control device comprising:

  • other vehicle information acquiring means for acquiring positional information of another vehicle present near the own vehicle and also acquiring moving direction of the other vehicle;

    irradiation area setting means for setting the irradiation area based on the position of the other vehicle;

    irradiation area change outputting means for performing change output for changing the irradiation area of the light of the own vehicle to achieve the set irradiation area;

    irradiation area change prohibiting means for prohibiting the change outputting means from performing output for changing the irradiation area until the elapse of a wait time that has been set in advance; and

    wait time setting means for setting the length of the wait time based on the moving direction of the other vehicle.

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