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US 10,766,411 B1Granted
Collision avoidance activation lights
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsJames McKnight, David Bumpus
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Abstract
An electronic control unit (ECU) is disclosed. The ECU may receive a command associated with a vehicle. The ECU may actuate one or more lights on the vehicle in a first mode based on receiving the command. The ECU may transmit, while actuating the one or more lights in the first mode, the command to a vehicle controller associated with the vehicle. The ECU may actuate the one or more lights in a second mode based on receiving an acknowledgement of the command from the vehicle controller.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at an electronic control unit (ECU), a command associated with a vehicle;
- actuating, by the ECU, one or more lights on the vehicle in a first mode based on receiving the command;
- transmitting, by the ECU and while actuating the one or more lights in the first mode, the command to a vehicle controller associated with the vehicle;
- and
- actuating, by the ECU, the one or more lights in a second mode based on receiving an acknowledgement of the command from the vehicle controller.
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A system, comprising:
- one or more lights on a vehicle;
- and
- an electronic control unit (ECU), associated with the vehicle, to:
- actuate the one or more lights on the vehicle in a first mode based on at least one of:
- receiving a command associated with the vehicle, or
- detecting an error associated with the vehicle;
- transmit, to a vehicle controller associated with the vehicle and while actuating the one or more lights in the first mode, at least one of:
- the command associated with the vehicle, or
- an indication of the error associated with the vehicle;
- and
- actuate the one or more lights in a second mode based on receiving, from the vehicle controller, an acknowledgement of at least one of:
- the command associated with the vehicle, or
- the indication of the error associated with the vehicle.
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An electronic control unit (ECU), comprising:
- one or more memories;
- and
- one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to:
- receive, from a collision avoidance system (CAS) controller, a command associated with a CAS of a vehicle;
- actuate, based on receiving the command, one or more lights on the vehicle in a first mode;
- transmit, while actuating the one or more lights in the first mode, the command to a vehicle controller associated with the vehicle;
- and
- actuate, based on receiving an acknowledgement of the command from the vehicle controller, the one or more lights in a second mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.