Patent ID: 11944711
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A sanitizing system for a vehicle including:
a plurality of lamps mounted at a plurality of positions in the vehicle, each of the lamps including:
an ultraviolet light source configured to irradiate an irradiation target with an ultraviolet ray so as to sanitize the irradiation target, and
an illumination light source configured to illuminate the irradiation target of the ultraviolet light source and formed of a multi-color LED configured to emit a plurality of colors corresponding to a plurality of visible wavelengths different from one or more wavelengths of light emitted by the ultraviolet light source;

a control unit configured to control the ultraviolet light source and the illumination light source to be turned on and off; and
an illumination switch configured to be operated by an occupant of the vehicle,
wherein the control unit is further configured to:
turn on only the illumination light source corresponding to the operation of the illumination switch;
detect that the occupant outside the vehicle approaches the vehicle;
turn on the ultraviolet light source and the illumination light source in response to detecting that the occupant outside the vehicle approaches the vehicle;
detect that the occupant is about to get on board by determining that a door of the vehicle is opened after detecting that the occupant approaches the vehicle and after turning on the ultraviolet light source and the illumination light source; and
subsequently turn off the ultraviolet light source and the illumination light source in response to detecting that the occupant is about to get on board by determining that the door of the vehicle is opened,
wherein, when the ultraviolet light source is turned on, the illumination light source is turned on by turning on the multi-color LED in a color specific to and indicating that sanitizing is being performed.