Patents
Literature
Hiro is an intelligent assistant for R&D personnel, combined with Patent DNA, to facilitate innovative research.
Hiro

41results about "Dazzle prevention" patented technology

Projector and image pickup apparatus

Light generated at a specific wavelength corresponding to a particular color or color range that is distracting or disruptive to a driver during a normal operation is blocked through an inexpensive construction without blocking light in a required range of wavelengths. A projector is constructed such that a plurality of LEDs are arranged in an array configuration. The LEDs can include a tinge of red reduction LED and near-infrared LEDs. The projector can be installed in a vehicle and disposed in proximity to the camera. In some embodiments, the projector can be controlled by a control circuit to be turned on in conjunction with the shutter of a camera.
Owner:DENSO CORP

Visual Ability Improvement Supporting Device

A visual ability improvement device installed in a vehicle includes a noise generator, a surrounding situation detector, a driver status detector, a vehicle status detector, an operation switch, and a noise output device. A controller of the noise generator determines an optimum strength based on the surrounding situation from the surrounding situation detector, the driver's status from the driver status detector, the vehicle's status from the vehicle status detector, and the correspondence of the optimum representative noise to the above situation and statuses from the correspondence memory. Then the controller generates a noise with the determined the optimum representative noise strength, and outputs to the noise output device such as passenger compartment light a control signal which depends on the generated noise.
Owner:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

Phototherapy device

A phototherapy device suitable for shining light on a vehicle driver (3) in order to suppress melatonin production and increase wakefulness, having at least one light fixture (1) located in the region of the head of the driver (3), is improved in terms of its freedom front glare, with undiminished effectiveness, in that the light fixture (1) is embodied to emit essentially nondirectional diffuse light (7) and is located outside the field of view of the driver (3), or at least in the peripheral region of his field of view.
Owner:WIEMERS SIEGFRIED

Phototherapy device

A phototherapy device suitable for shining light on a vehicle driver (3) in order to suppress melatonin production and increase wakefulness, having at least one light fixture (1) located in the region of the head of the driver (3), is improved in terms of its freedom front glare, with undiminished effectiveness, in that the light fixture (1) is embodied to emit essentially nondirectional diffuse light (7) and is located outside the field of view of the driver (3), or at least in the peripheral region of his field of view.
Owner:WIEMERS SIEGFRIED

Automatic driving system

An automatic driving system includes: an interior light configured to illuminate a vehicle compartment of a vehicle; an interior light control unit configured to control the interior light; and a driving control unit configured to perform automatic driving control of automatically driving the vehicle, end the automatic driving control when the automatic driving control is being performed, and switch driving of the vehicle from automatic driving to manual driving. The interior light control unit is configured to perform, when the interior light is lighted while the automatic driving control is being performed, dimming control of decreasing an illuminance of the interior light before the driving control unit switches the driving of the vehicle from the automatic driving to the manual driving.
Owner:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

Light guide mounting structure for automotive atmosphere lamp

The invention relates to a light guide mounting structure for an automotive atmosphere lamp, and belongs to the technical field of automobile decorative components and parts. The light guide mounting structure for the automotive atmosphere lamp comprises an instrument board body framework, a welding column is arranged on the body framework, and a flanging structure is arranged at an end of the body framework; a first end of a mounting support is welded and fixed on the welding column, and a second end of the mounting support is embedded into the flanging structure; the mounting support is provided with a U-shaped groove, a lamp tube of the atmosphere lamp is distributed in the U-shaped groove, and a light guide visual plate is next to the U-shaped groove and is clamped and connected on the mounting support. The mounting structure provided by the invention can be distributed in the view field of a driver and passengers, effectively avoids the problem that the existing automotive type atmosphere lamps have too bright and dazzling light, and improves the users' usage experience and traffic safety.
Owner:IAT AUTOMOBILE TECH

Vehicle lamp

A vehicle lamp is provided herein. The vehicle lamp includes a first light source operably coupled with a lens. A switch is configured to control an activation state of the first light source. A controller prompts the first light source to generate a low-intensity light of a first color when a night-like condition is detected and a vehicle is in motion and a high-intensity light of a second color when the vehicle is stationary.
Owner:FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC

Vehicle lighting control system using wearable glasses and method for the same

A vehicle lighting control system includes wearable glasses configured to recognize pupils of a driver in a vehicle in real time, a head unit configured to receive a size of the pupils of the driver from the wearable glasses to acquire brightness control values of a plurality of lighting devices installed in the vehicle according to a predetermined formula, and a controller configured to adjust brightness of the lighting devices installed in the vehicle according to the brightness control values received from the head unit.
Owner:HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD

Illumination apparatus for glare-free illumination, use of the illumination apparatus, method and arrangement having the illumination appartatus

The invention is based on the object of proposing an improved illumination apparatus for glare-free illumination of an area monitored by a night vision device.For this purpose, an illumination apparatus for glare-free illumination of an area monitored by a night vision device is proposed, the night vision device picking up light of wavelength greater than a limiting wavelength, having an illumination device which comprises at least one LED, the illumination device being designed to emit light with light fractions in the visible region, and having an optical filter device which is designed as an interference filter device, a transmission of the optical filter device being greater, in a visible wavelength region below the limiting wavelength, than 80%, preferably greater than 90% for the light of the illumination device in the visible wavelength region, and being less, in a red wavelength region above the limiting wavelength, than 1%, preferably less than 0.1% for the light of the illumination device in the red wavelength region.
Owner:DIEHL AEROSPACE GMBH

Overhead console and vehicle-body upper structure

An overhead console includes: a light source; and a light guiding member including bending portions at intermediate positions in the light guiding member such that the light guiding member extends from the light incident surface to the light exit surface so as to form an optical path in which light incident on the light incident surface is reflected by reflecting surfaces provided in the bending portions so as to reach the light exit surface, the light guiding member having such a shape that line segments drawn between given points on the light incident surface and given points on the light exit surface do not include a line segment that passes through only the light guiding member.
Owner:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

Methods and systems for controlling light

Systems, vehicles, and methods for controlling light are provided. In an exemplary embodiment a vehicle with a cabin includes a light senor positioned within the vehicle, where the light sensor is configured to send a light intensity signal. A lamp module is positioned within the vehicle, where the light sensor is in communication with lamp module. The lamp module is configured to trigger a darkness lighting scheme when the light intensity signal is at about a darkness set value or less. A lamp is positioned within the cabin, where the lamp is in communication with the lamp module. The lamp is configured to emit a darkness spectrum when the lamp is activated and when the lamp module triggers the darkness lighting scheme. The darkness spectrum has a maximum illumination wavelength less than about 555 nanometers.
Owner:GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC

Projector and image pickup apparatus

Light generated at a specific wavelength corresponding to a particular color or color range that is distracting or disruptive to a driver during a normal operation is blocked through an inexpensive construction without blocking light in a required range of wavelengths. A projector is constructed such that a plurality of LEDs are arranged in an array configuration. The LEDs can include a tinge of red reduction LED and near-infrared LEDs. The projector can be installed in a vehicle and disposed in proximity to the camera. In some embodiments, the projector can be controlled by a control circuit to be turned on in conjunction with the shutter of a camera.
Owner:DENSO CORP

Ambient Lighting System For An Agricultural Machine

An ambient light controller in an agricultural machine can control multicolor lights arranged in an operator cab of the machine to project light around structures in the cab to areas that are perceivable by a forward facing operator to convey useful information about the machine to the operator. The lights can be projected around such structures by using light pipes. The lights can preferably be in a color which minimizes glare inside the cab to avoid distraction. The light controller can monitor various functions of the machine, such as boom height, and change colors and / or patterns of the lights to indicate states corresponding to the conditions, such as a normal state and a fault state.
Owner:BLUE LEAF I P INC

Visual ability improvement supporting device

A visual ability improvement supporting device includes a noise outputting device and a noise generating device. The noise generating device generates noise with intensity which is optimum to a threshold intensity of visibility. The optimum intensity is optimum to induce stochastic resonance (SR). The noise outputting device includes a room lighting device, which illuminates a surrounding area when a lighting switch is turned on, and outputs the visual noise according to the generated noise even when the lighting switch is turned off not to illuminate the surrounding area.
Owner:DENSO CORP

Vehicle lamp

A vehicle lamp is provided herein. The vehicle lamp includes a first light source operably coupled with a lens. A switch is configured to control an activation state of the first light source. A controller prompts the first light source to generate a low-intensity light of a first color when a night-like condition is detected and a vehicle is in motion and a high-intensity light of a second colorwhen the vehicle is stationary.
Owner:FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC

Automatic Headlight for Improving Visibility During Driving

Disclosed herein is a vehicle headlight for improving visibility during operation. In the vehicle headlight, a filtering film capable of preventing glare and reducing a discomfort glare phenomenon by controlling scotopic vision (S) / photopic vision (P) ratio in such a manner as to selectively absorb / block blue light in light emitted from an LED module is adhered, thereby improving visibility during operation.
Owner:KREMS

Overhead console and vehicle-body upper structure

An overhead console includes: a light source; and a light guiding member including bending portions at intermediate positions in the light guiding member such that the light guiding member extends from the light incident surface to the light exit surface so as to form an optical path in which light incident on the light incident surface is reflected by reflecting surfaces provided in the bending portions so as to reach the light exit surface, the light guiding member having such a shape that line segments drawn between given points on the light incident surface and given points on the light exit surface do not include a line segment that passes through only the light guiding member.
Owner:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

Foot light support for vehicle and vehicle having same

The invention discloses a foot light support for a vehicle and a vehicle having the same. The foot light support includes an instrument board installation plate which is used for connecting the bottom of an instrument board; a light installation plate which is arranged on the instrument board installation plate, wherein a light hole for installing a light is formed in the light installation plate; a shading structure which is arranged on the light installation plate and at least partly surrounds the light hole, wherein the shading structure at least includes a shading top plate positioned above the light hole. The foot light support for the vehicle is of an independent structure, the instrument board installation plate and the instrument board of the vehicle are fixed, the foot light support is fixed on a specific position of the vehicle, and then the foot light support can provide foot lighting for a driver, and the driving safety is improved; and the foot light support is formed by adoption of an injection moulding process, thereby facilitating light weight of the vehicle.
Owner:BEIJING ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Avoiding dazzling of persons by a light source

In a method for avoiding dazzling of a person (10) by a light source (6) arranged in an interior (20) of a vehicle (22), wherein the light source (6) during operation emits light (24) within a beam cone (26), a camera (4) is arranged in the interior (20) and oriented such that at least one monitoring section (28) of the beam cone (26), in which the person (10) can enter, is located in the field of view (30) of the camera (4), the camera (4) records a camera image (32), using machine person detection, it is ascertained from the camera image (32) whether at least one part of the person (10) is located within the beam cone (26), in this case, at least the region (18) of the beam cone (26) in which the part of the person (10) is located is switched to glare-free.
Owner:DIEHL AEROSPACE GMBH

Avoiding dazzling of persons by a light source

In a method for avoiding dazzling of a person (10) by a light source (6) arranged in an interior (20) of a vehicle (22), wherein the light source (6) during operation emits light (24) within a beam cone (26), a camera (4) is arranged in the interior (20) and oriented such that at least one monitoring section (28) of the beam cone (26), in which the person (10) can enter, is located in the field of view (30) of the camera (4), the camera (4) records a camera image (32), using machine person detection, it is ascertained from the camera image (32) whether at least one part of the person (10) is located within the beam cone (26), in this case, at least the region (18) of the beam cone (26) in which the part of the person (10) is located is switched to glare-free.
Owner:DIEHL AEROSPACE GMBH

Visual ability improvement supporting device

A visual ability improvement device installed in a vehicle includes a noise generator, a surrounding situation detector, a driver status detector, a vehicle status detector, an operation switch, and a noise output device. A controller of the noise generator determines an optimum strength based on the surrounding situation from the surrounding situation detector, the driver's status from the driver status detector, the vehicle's status from the vehicle status detector, and the correspondence of the optimum representative noise to the above situation and statuses from the correspondence memory. Then the controller generates a noise with the determined the optimum representative noise strength, and outputs to the noise output device such as passenger compartment light a control signal which depends on the generated noise.
Owner:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

Lighting system and method for improving the alertness of a person

A lighting system for improving the alertness of a person comprising: one or more light sources (101) arranged to emit light into an environment, at least one of the one or more light sources being arranged with a primary function comprising providing illumination into the environment; and a controller (103) configured to cause at least one of the at least one light sources to provide a secondaryfunction of emitting at least a first light pulse (503) having a duration of between 1ms and 50ms, wherein there is an idle period (505) lasting at least 0.1s on either side of the first light pulse.
Owner:SIGNIFY HLDG BV

Instrument panel with anti-dazzle function

The invention discloses an instrument panel with an anti-dazzle function. The instrument panel with the anti-dazzle function comprises a housing and a glass cover. The inner side wall of the housing is fixedly connected with the glass cover. The interior of the glass cover is fixedly provided with a base plate. The bottom of the base plate is fixedly provided with a minitype groove. The top end ofthe base plate is fixedly connected with a light transmitting plate. The top end of the light transmitting plate is fixedly connected with an anti-dizziness protecting film. The top end of the anti-dizziness protecting film is fixedly connected with a blue light filtering protecting film. The instrument panel with the anti-dazzle function is novel in design, and simple in structure, and capable of effectively preventing the instrument panel from generating a dazzle phenomenon, avoiding affecting the normal driving of a driver, performing the good protection on eyes while the driver watches the instrument panel, avoiding the driver from generating an eye fatigue phenomenon, and further improving the practicability of the instrument panel.
Owner:张家港乐达汽车电器有限公司

Control apparatus

A control apparatus includes a switch that operates a device, the switch being attached to a vehicle ceiling part, wherein a display able to transmit light from a light source is provided on an operation surface of an operation element of a switch, and in the operation element, an inclined part inclined with an upward slope from a vehicle front toward a vehicle rear is provided, the slope being inclined at an angle at which light radiated from the light source is not visually recognized by an occupant when the light radiated from the light source is reflected on a rearview mirror.
Owner:HONDA MOTOR CO LTD

Vehicle headlight for improving visibility during operation

Disclosed herein is a vehicle headlight for improving visibility during operation. In the vehicle headlight, a filtering film capable of preventing glare and reducing a discomfort glare phenomenon by controlling scotopic vision (S) / photopic vision (P) ratio in such a manner as to selectively absorb / block blue light in light emitted from an LED module is adhered, thereby improving visibility during operation.
Owner:KREMS

Method and device for light adaptation of driver of vehicle when driving out of tunnel

The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus (2) for light adaptation of the eyes of a driver of a vehicle (1) when driving out of a tunnel. The method and apparatus (2) determines a tunnel exit location (TEP) and, in response to the determination of the tunnel exit location (TEP), changes a light source luminous flux of at least one light source (3) in the vehicle (1) as the vehicle (1) approaches the tunnel exit location (TEP).
Owner:NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RES & DEV CO LTD
Who we serve
  • R&D Engineer
  • R&D Manager
  • IP Professional
Why Patsnap Eureka
  • Industry Leading Data Capabilities
  • Powerful AI technology
  • Patent DNA Extraction
Social media
Patsnap Eureka Blog
Learn More
PatSnap group products