On-vehicle lighting apparatus
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1. An on-vehicle lighting apparatus for providing light to assist in photographing of surroundings of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a lighting unit that selectively lights multiple divided areas into which a specific area of the surroundings of the vehicle is divided, the lighting unit having a plurality of first light sources;
a first input unit that receives signals representing a lighting status of a driving lighting system used during driving of the vehicle, the driving lighting system lighting a part of the multiple divided areas and including a plurality of second light sources that are different from the plurality of first light sources; and
a controller that selects one or more of the divided areas to be lit out of the multiple divided areas based on the lighting status of the driving lighting system and that commands the lighting unit to light the selected one or more divided areas, wherein the controller does not select, out of the multiple divided areas, divided areas that are being lit by the driving lighting system.
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Abstract
An image display system generates an image including an intended lighting area surrounding a vehicle to input it on a display. An auxiliary lighting unit can selectively light multiple divided areas into which the intended lighting area is divided. One or more divided areas to be lit out of the multiple divided areas are selected according to a lighting status of a driving lighting system and the selected one or more divided areas are lit by the auxiliary lighting unit.
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1. An on-vehicle lighting apparatus for providing light to assist in photographing of surroundings of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a lighting unit that selectively lights multiple divided areas into which a specific area of the surroundings of the vehicle is divided, the lighting unit having a plurality of first light sources; a first input unit that receives signals representing a lighting status of a driving lighting system used during driving of the vehicle, the driving lighting system lighting a part of the multiple divided areas and including a plurality of second light sources that are different from the plurality of first light sources; and a controller that selects one or more of the divided areas to be lit out of the multiple divided areas based on the lighting status of the driving lighting system and that commands the lighting unit to light the selected one or more divided areas, wherein the controller does not select, out of the multiple divided areas, divided areas that are being lit by the driving lighting system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An on-vehicle lighting apparatus for providing light to assist in photographing surroundings of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a lighting unit that selectively lights multiple divided areas into which a specific area of the surroundings of the vehicle is divided; an image generating unit that generates a composite image viewed from a virtual viewpoint based on multiple images obtained by photographing the surroundings of the vehicle with multiple cameras; and a controller that selects, out of the multiple divided areas, one or more divided areas to be included in the composite image and that commands the lighting unit to light only the selected one or more divided areas without lighting the divided areas that are not to be included in the composite image. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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