To avoid an adverse effect on the sensor by the heater. A controller for a heater installed in a vehicle lamp, where the controller detects a rising edge of a light emission period of a sensor light emitted from an object detection sensor built in the vehicle lamp, and starts supply of a drive voltage to the heater in accordance with the rising edge.
HEATER CONTROLLER, HEATER CONTROL METHOD, VEHICLE LAMP
15.12.2022
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | H05B ELECTRIC HEATING , Elektrische Heizung / B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / F21S Ortsfeste Leuchten , NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES |