Lighting control for a computer assisted vehicle

A computer assisted or autonomous driving vehicle, comprising:

• a lighting device on the vehicle to emit a light with a first characteristic;
• a sensor on the vehicle to receive a light from a non-natural light source external to the vehicle;
• and
• a computer assisted or autonomous driving system on the vehicle, coupled to the lighting device and the sensor to:
• obtain a second characteristic of the light received by the sensor from the non-natural light source external to the vehicle;
• and
• adjust, based on the second characteristic of the light received, the lighting device on the vehicle to emit a light with a third characteristic different from the first characteristic;
• wherein the vehicle further comprises a receiver on the vehicle to receive an instruction from another vehicle, or from a cloud computing environment external to the vehicle to adjust the lighting device on the vehicle;
• and
• wherein the computer assisted or autonomous driving system is to further:
• adjust, based on the received instruction, the lighting device on the vehicle to emit a light with a fourth characteristic different from the first characteristic.

An apparatus for on-board computer assisted or autonomous driving of vehicles, comprising:

• one or more processors disposed on a vehicle;
• and
• a computer assisted or autonomous driving system on the vehicle to be operated by the one or more processors to:
• determine a first characteristic of a light emitted away from the vehicle by a lighting device on the vehicle coupled to the computer assisted or autonomous driving system;
• obtain a second characteristic of a light received by a sensor on the vehicle from a non-natural light source external to the vehicle;
• and
• adjust, based on the second characteristic of the light received, the lighting device on the vehicle to emit a light with a third characteristic different from the first characteristic;
• wherein the computer assisted or autonomous driving system on the vehicle to be operated by the one or more processors is further to:
• generate information based on the first characteristic of the light emitted from the lighting device and the second characteristic of the light received by the sensor;
• and
• transmit the generated information to adjust the non-natural light source external to the vehicle.

A method for a computer assisted or autonomous driving system of a vehicle to control lighting, comprising:

• obtaining a first characteristic of a light emitted away from the vehicle by a lighting device on the vehicle coupled to the computer assisted or autonomous driving system, the vehicle being a first vehicle, the lighting device being a first lighting device, and the light being a first light;
• determining a second characteristic of a second light received by a sensor on the first vehicle from a second vehicle moving proximally external to the first vehicle;
• and
• communicating with the second vehicle to adjust a second lighting device on the second vehicle to emit the second light with a third characteristic different from the second characteristic.