Patent ID: 7241028

Claim:
A lighting apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: at least one additional lamp provided on a left side of a front of the vehicle; at least one additional lamp provided on a right side of the front of the vehicle; a steering-angle sensor that detects a steering angle and a steering direction of a steering wheel, and outputs a steering-angle signal and a steering-direction signal; and a control device that controls the additional lamps based on the steering-angle signal and the steering-direction signal, wherein when the steering angle is equal to or more than a predetermined turn-on steering-angle, the control device outputs a turn-on signal to the additional lamp on a side of the steering direction, when the steering angle satisfies a predetermined light-dimming condition, the control device outputs a light dimming signal to the additional lamp that is turned on, and when the steering angle is equal to or less than a predetermined forced-complete-turn-off steering-angle, the control device outputs a forced-complete-turn-off signal to the additional lamp that is dimmed, wherein the predetermined forced-complete-turn-off steering-angle varies according to a speed of the vehicle, and the faster the speed of the vehicle is, the smaller the predetermined forced-complete-turn-off steering-angle is.