TURN SIGNAL LAMP

• Main Authors: OKAMURA TOSHIHIRO, NOBUHARA KENJI, TATARA NAOKI, ISHIKAWA KAZUYUKI, KOIZUMI HIROYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 25.07.2016
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL; BLASTING; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEATING; HOLOGRAPHY; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21Sand F21V, RELATING TO USESOR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SYSTEMS THEREOF; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLEEXTERIORS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a turn signal lamp which has a camera and a transparent material and inhibits increase of air resistance.SOLUTION: A turn signal lamp 10 includes a light source 20, a transparent material 30, and a camera 50 having an image pickup device 51 which are provided in a lamp chamber S formed by a lamp body 11 and an outer cover 12. At least part of the transparent material 30 is provided at an area extending from the camera 50 in a direction along a vehicle surface.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5 【課題】カメラと導光体を有し、空気抵抗の増大が抑制されたターンシグナルランプを提供する。【解決手段】ランプボディ１１とアウタカバー１２とにより形成された灯室Ｓ内に設けられた、光源２０と、導光体３０と、撮像素子５１を有するカメラ５０と、を備えたターンシグナルランプ１０であって、導光体３０の少なくとも一部が、カメラ５０から車両表面に沿った方向に延びる領域に設けられている。【選択図】図５