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US 10,906,463 B2Granted
Vehicle adaptive lighting system
AssigneeMagna Electronics Inc.
InventorsGoerg Pflug, Achim Gieseke
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Abstract
A lighting control system for a vehicle includes a controller configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to connect with or communicate with at least one light of the vehicle. The controller, responsive to at least one input, adjusts a color of the at least one light of the vehicle and an intensity of the at least one light of the vehicle. The input may include one or more of (i) a driver attentiveness input and (ii) a driver age input, and optionally a time of day input, an ambient light input, a weather condition input, and/or a navigation input.
Claims18
A lighting control system for a vehicle, said lighting control system comprising:
- a controller configured to be disposed at a vehicle and operable to control interior lighting of the vehicle, wherein said interior lighting comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) an interior light of the vehicle and (ii) a backlighting light of a display of the vehicle;
- wherein, with the controller disposed at the vehicle, said controller, responsive to at least one input, adjusts a color of said interior lighting of the vehicle and an intensity of said interior lighting of the vehicle;
- wherein the at least one input comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) a driver attentiveness input indicative of attentiveness of the driver of the vehicle and (ii) a driver age input indicative of age of the driver of the vehicle;
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- wherein said controller adjusts the color of said interior lighting of the vehicle and the intensity of said interior lighting of the vehicle at least in part responsive to a navigation input, and wherein, responsive to the navigation input, said controller determines that a travel time to an input destination will require that the driver drive the vehicle later in the evening or night and adjusts the color of said interior lighting of the vehicle to provide different colors as compared to colors provided when an input destination will be reached during daytime.
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A lighting control system for a vehicle, said lighting control system comprising:
- a controller configured to be disposed at a vehicle and operable to control interior lighting of the vehicle;
- wherein said interior lighting comprises a backlighting light of a display of the vehicle;
- wherein, with the controller disposed at the vehicle, said controller, responsive to at least one input, adjusts a color of said interior lighting of the vehicle and an intensity of said interior lighting of the vehicle;
- wherein the at least one input comprises a driver attentiveness input, and wherein said controller adjusts the color of said interior lighting of the vehicle to provide different color schemes for the display responsive to a determination that the driver of the vehicle is drowsy or inattentive as compared to the colors of light provided responsive to a determination that the driver is awake or attentive;
- wherein the at least one input comprises a driver age input, and wherein said controller adjusts the color of said interior lighting of the vehicle to provide different color schemes for the display responsive to the driver age input pertaining to the age of the driver of the vehicle;
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- wherein said controller adjusts the color of said interior lighting of the vehicle and the intensity of said interior lighting of the vehicle at least in part responsive to a navigation input, and wherein, responsive to the navigation input, said controller determines that a travel time to an input destination will require that the driver drive the vehicle later in the evening or night and adjusts the color of said interior lighting of the vehicle to provide different colors as compared to colors provided when an input destination will be reached during daytime.
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A lighting control system for a vehicle, said lighting control system comprising:
- a controller configured to be disposed at a vehicle and operable to control interior lighting of the vehicle;
- wherein said interior lighting comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) an interior light of the vehicle and (ii) a backlighting light of a display of the vehicle;
- wherein, with the controller disposed at the vehicle, said controller, responsive to at least one input, adjusts a color of said interior lighting of the vehicle and an intensity of said interior lighting of the vehicle;
- wherein the at least one input comprises (i) a driver attentiveness input, (ii) a driver age input and (iii) a navigation input;
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- wherein, responsive to the navigation input, said controller determines that a travel time to an input destination will require that the driver of the vehicle drive the vehicle later in the evening or night and adjusts the color of said interior lighting of the vehicle to provide different colors as compared to colors provided when an input destination will be reached during daytime.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.