Reverse lights trailer hitch assist
AssigneeContinental Automotive Systems, Inc.
InventorNoah Joseph Gedrimas
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Abstract
A method for controlling one or more lights of a light system supported by a vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving sensor system data from a sensor system supported by the vehicle and determining a current status associated with the one or more lights of the vehicle light system. The method includes determining an updated status associated with the one or more lights of the vehicle light system based on the sensor system data. The method also includes transmitting instructions to the light system. The instructions cause the one or more lights to adjust their current status based on the updated status.
Claims16
A method for controlling one or more lights of a light system supported by a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving, at data processing hardware, driver data indicative of a status of a driver in the vehicle;
- receiving, at data processing hardware, sensor system data from a sensor system supported by the vehicle, the sensor system data including a movement status indicative of the driver moving from a driver side of the vehicle to a back side of the vehicle;
- determining, at the data processing hardware, a current status associated with the one or more lights of the vehicle light system;
- when the driver status indicates that the driver is not in the vehicle and the movement status indicates that the driver moved to the back side of the vehicle:
- determining, at the data processing hardware, an updated status of the one or more lights of the vehicle light system;
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- transmitting, from the data processing hardware to the light system in communication with the data processing hardware, instructions causing the one or more lights to adjust their current status based on the updated status.
A system for controlling one or more lights of a light system supported by a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a vehicle light system including one or more lights;
- data processing hardware in communication with the vehicle light system;
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- memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
- receiving driver data indicative of a status of a driver in the vehicle;
- receiving sensor system data from a sensor system supported by the vehicle, the sensor system data including a movement status indicative of the driver moving from a driver side of the vehicle to a back side of the vehicle;
- determining a current status associated with the one or more lights of the vehicle light system;
- when the driver status indicates that the driver is not in the vehicle and the movement status indicates that the driver moved to the back side of the vehicle:
- determining an updated status of the one or more lights of the vehicle light;
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- transmitting instructions to the vehicle light system, the instructions causing the one or more lights to adjust their current status based on the updated status.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.