A driving assistance apparatus that includes a brake operation portion that applies a brake to a vehicle, the brake operation portion allowing a manual brake operation by a hand of a driver of the vehicle, the brake operation portion including a brake operation body and a grip portion to be gripped by the hand of the driver, the grip portion being provided at an upper end of the brake operation body, and a shift-down switch that shifts-down the vehicle is provided on the grip portion, the shift-down switch allowing a manual shift-down operation by the hand of the driver.

An ECU controls light emission drivers so as to respectively cause a direction indication lamp corresponding to a turning direction and an infrared LED at the opposite side from the turning direction illuminate. Specifically, the ECU controls the light emission drivers so as to flash the direction indication lamp toward the turning direction and cause the infrared LED at the opposite side from the turning direction illuminate.

A lighting system of a vehicle is provided herein. The lighting system includes a structure of the vehicle and a spotlight having a body coupled to the structure. A light assembly is disposed inside the body and is configured to project a light beam outwardly from the body. The operation of the light assembly and the directionality of the light beam is based on input from a remote device.

A lighting system is provided herein. The lighting system includes a spotlight is mounted to a vehicle, a controller for operating the spotlight, and a pointer device for specifying an intended target. The controller aims the spotlight in the direction of the intended target based on input provided by the pointer device.

Control device for controlling an auxiliary light mounted to a vehicle having a first manually operable user input device (not shown) operable to cause generating a first signal and a second signal. The control device includes: at least two inputs including a first input configured to receive the first signal, and a second input configured to receive the second signal; an output configured to operably couple to the light to provide a control signal to cause the driving light to illuminate; and a logic circuit coupling each input to the output. The logic circuit includes a nonmechanical electronic switch operable to generate the control signal and provide the control signal to the output. The logic circuit operates the switch to generate the control signal responsive to the first input receiving the first signal, and the second input receiving the second signal.

A vehicular light switch can change the mode of an exterior-illuminating light by rotating to different positions including an auto setting and a SMALL setting. If the position of the vehicular light switch is rotated to the SMALL setting, a momentary mechanism returns the position to the auto setting. If extravehicular brightness is less than a prescribed value and the position is rotated to the SMALL setting whilst the vehicle is stationary, a first light controller turns off a low-beam light, and turns on the low-beam light if the vehicle runs afterwards. If extravehicular brightness is less than a prescribed value and the position is rotated to the SMALL setting while the vehicle is running, a second light controller keeps the low-beam light turned on.

A motor vehicle light system (2) comprising at least two light sources (12a through 12d), at least two optical waveguides (11a through 11d), at least one downstream transparent emission element (10), and at least one controller (5) for time-offset actuation of the at least two light sources (12a through 12d), the at least two light sources (12a through 12d) being set up to couple light into one optical waveguide each (11a through 11d), the optical waveguides (11a through 11d) each having at least one light out-coupling section (14a through 14c) that is set up to couple light into a light coupling section (19) of the emission element (10), wherein the light coupling section (19) of the emission element (10) is step-shaped.

A switch structure includes a light-emitting part configured to receive power from a vehicle and to radiate light, a moving block located so as to surround the light-emitting part, a light-transmissive part configured to allow light radiated from the light-emitting part to pass through an opening in the moving block, and a film-printing layer located on a top surface of the light-transmissive part and including a symbol.

A system for implementing strobing of existing vehicle hazard lights including an interface to a vehicle wiring harness configured to receive input to an existing vehicle flasher module, and a strobing circuit that responds to an activation signal from the vehicle wiring harness that is indicative of a hazard flasher deployment event by producing an electrical output through the interface to the vehicle wiring harness that causes a strobing of existing vehicle hazard lamps.

A vehicle courtesy signaling device for communicating a wave to a proximate person at night includes a housing, which has a first face that is substantially transparent. A fastener engaged to the housing can selectively engage a rearview mirror or window of a vehicle so that the housing is removably engaged to the rearview mirror or the window, with the first face of the housing being visible through the window. A plurality of light emitting diodes is engaged to the housing and is positioned in an interior space defined thereby. The light emitting diodes selectively emulate a waving hand.