ROAD SURFACE ILLUMINATION APPARATUS

Because a road surface illumination apparatus is configured so as to include a vehicle state detector 3 configured to detect the traveling direction of a vehicle on the basis of vehicle information acquired by a vehicle information acquisition unit 2, and an illumination pattern selector 4 to select...

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Main Authors OCHIAI Yumiko, AIKAWA Masami, SAKATA Reiko, HIRAI Masato, KASUGA Kei, IMAISHI Akiko, ARAI Hidebumi
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.09.2017
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ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:Because a road surface illumination apparatus is configured so as to include a vehicle state detector 3 configured to detect the traveling direction of a vehicle on the basis of vehicle information acquired by a vehicle information acquisition unit 2, and an illumination pattern selector 4 to select an illumination pattern expressing the traveling direction detected by the vehicle state detector 3 from among illumination patterns held therein and provided for traveling directions, and to cause an illumination device 7 to illuminate at least a road surface in a direction different from the traveling direction with the selected illumination pattern, the road surface illumination apparatus can provide a notification of the traveling direction of the vehicle intuitively to persons outside the vehicle who are existing in the direction other than the traveling direction.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201415504974