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US 10,308,168 B2Granted
Autonomous vehicle service lights
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Pietro Buttolo, Annette Lynn Huebner
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Abstract
An autonomous vehicle includes a vehicle body and an illuminated stripe assembly mounted to the vehicle body. The illuminated stripe assembly is adapted to emit a plurality of stripe patterns that are visually distinctive from one another for indicating different operating states of the autonomous vehicle.
Claims21
An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle roof;
- an illuminated stripe assembly mounted at a perimeter of the vehicle roof and adapted to emit a plurality of stripe patterns around an entirety of the perimeter, and the plurality of stripe patterns are visually distinctive from one another for indicating different operating states of the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- a control system adapted to control the illuminated stripe assembly for selectively indicating the different operating states.
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A method, comprising:
- producing a first stripe pattern on an illuminated stripe assembly of an autonomous vehicle to indicate a first operating state of the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- producing a second stripe pattern on the illuminated stripe assembly to indicate a second vehicle state that is different from the first vehicle state,
- wherein the illuminated stripe assembly is configured to emit light of varying color, brightness, pulsing action, and flashing action,
- wherein the illuminated stripe assembly is mounted about an entire perimeter of a roof of the autonomous vehicle.
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An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a roof;
- and
- an illuminated stripe assembly mounted to the roof and configured to emit a plurality of striping patterns that are visually distinctive in terms of color, brightness, pulsing action, and flashing action for indicating different operating states of the autonomous vehicle,
- wherein the illuminated stripe assembly includes a plurality of housings that together extend about an entire perimeter of the roof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.