Patent ID: 8909432

Claim:
A vehicular illuminating device, comprising: a first illuminating part configured to illuminate in a traveling direction of a vehicle; a second illuminating part configured to be able to change at least one of color, luminance, and blinking/always-on state; a control part configured to control the second illuminating part so that the second illuminating part can illuminate, before the vehicle passes through a bifurcation point, in a direction of a recommended route at the bifurcation point which is different from the traveling direction while differentiating the at least one of color, luminance, and blinking/always-on state from that of the first illuminating part, if the direction of the recommended route provided by a route guiding part is different from the traveling direction; and an environment recognizing part configured to recognize an environment surrounding the vehicle, wherein the control part changes at least one of color, luminance, and blinking/always-on state of the second illuminating part if the environment surrounding the vehicle recognized by the environment recognizing part includes an obstructive factor which prevents a driver from perceiving light emitted by the second illuminating part.