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1. A vehicular glance light apparatus comprising:
an input unit configured to generate an input signal that can be manipulated by a driver of a vehicle; a vehicle-sensing unit configured to detect vehicle sensing information including vehicle safety information for the running of the vehicle; a storage unit configured to store vehicle reference information including safety reference information for determining the vehicle running safety; a control unit electrically connected to the input unit, the vehicle-sensing unit, and the storage unit, and configured to provide the driver with vehicle-running information based on the vehicle sensing information of the vehicle-sensing unit and the vehicle reference information of the storage unit; and a glance light unit disposed at a position within the vehicle driver's view range, and configured to output light corresponding to the vehicle-running information in response to a glance light control signal from the control unit to allow the vehicle driver to intuitively perceive information of light while maintaining the driver's driving attention, wherein the glance light unit comprises a front inner glance light unit disposed at a dashboard of the vehicle, the front inner glance light unit including a front light source and a front light cover which covers the front light source, the front light cover including a first portion facing a windshield of the vehicle and a second portion inclined to the first portion and facing a rear of the vehicle and the driver, wherein: the first portion has a first side facing the windshield and an opposite second side facing the first light source, and the second portion has an upper surface facing the rear of the vehicle and an opposite light incident surface facing the first light source; light from the front light source is transmitted toward a windshield of the vehicle through the first portion, generating the information of light within the driver's view range; and the second portion has a low light transmittance such that the light from the front light source incident to the light incident surface facing the first light source is substantially blocked by the second portion from passing through the second portion in a direction to the rear of the vehicle and from directly being delivered to the driver's eyes, wherein the glance light unit further comprises a side inner glance light unit disposed at a front pillar of the vehicle, wherein the side inner glance light unit includes
a side inner glance light cover disposed to be at least partly exposed to the interior of the vehicle through a pillar mounting part formed in a front pillar,a side inner glance light base engaged with the side inner glance light cover,a side inner glance light substrate disposed in an inner space defined between the side inner glance light cover and the side inner glance light base,a side inner glance light guide stably supported by a plurality of ribs disposed in the side inner glance light base, anda side inner glance light source disposed on one surface of the side inner glance light substrate so as to be oriented toward the side inner glance light guide, wherein the side inner glance light guide includes light guide patterns formed on one surface thereof so as to smoothly output light therethrough, wherein the side inner glance light cover includes a light transmission part, wherein the light transmission part comprises:
a front inclined portion disposed such that an inclined surface thereof is oriented toward the front of the vehicle, anda rear portion configured to form an angle of 45 degrees or more with respect to a plane of the front pillar of the vehicle. |
