Patent ID: 8466633
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: B60K,B60Q

Abstract:
1. An illumination controlling device for a vehicle comprising: a meter to display information of the vehicle; a lighting located in a passenger compartment of the vehicle; an operation switch to be operated for turning on/off the lighting; an illumination operating portion to be operated for controlling a luminance of the meter and a luminance of the lighting stepwise; and a controlling portion to control the meter and the lighting based on operations of the operation switch and the illumination operating portion, wherein the meter is set to have a plurality of luminance phases, and the lighting is set to have a plurality of luminance phases, the number of the luminance phases being equal between the meter and the lighting, the controlling portion controls the luminance of the meter or the luminance of the lighting in accordance with the luminance phases, the controlling portion has