Lamp control system and method for vehicles
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsSung Ho Park, Dong Eun Cha, In Ho Jung
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Abstract
A lamp control system for vehicles includes a rail provided on a roof of a vehicle and configured to extend in a longitudinal direction, a lamp module slidably connected to the rail to slide in a direction of extension of the rail, and including lamps configured to emit light to an interior of the vehicle, a sensing unit configured to detect the number of passengers riding in the vehicle, positions of the passengers, or a position of cargo loaded in the vehicle, and a controller electrically connected to the lamp module and the sensing unit and configured to control operation of the lamp module based on the number and the positions of the passengers or the position of the loaded cargo, detected by the sensing unit.
Claims17
A lamp control system for a vehicle, the lamp control system comprising:
- a rail provided on a roof of the vehicle and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
- a lamp module slidably connected to the rail to slide in a direction of extension of the rail, and including lamps configured to emit light to an interior of the vehicle;
- a sensing unit configured to detect a number of passengers riding in the vehicle, positions of the passengers or a position of cargo loaded in the vehicle;
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- a controller electrically connected to the lamp module and the sensing unit and configured to control operation of the lamp module based on the number of the passengers, the positions of the passengers or the position of the loaded cargo, detected by the sensing unit,
- wherein the lamp module includes a connector slidably coupling the lamp module to the rail,
- wherein power input units extending along the rail in the longitudinal direction so that power is input to the power input units and signal transmitters electrically connected to the controller and configured to transmit an operating signal of the lamp module are provided at a portion of the rail to which the connector is connected,
- wherein power receivers connected to the power input units and signal receivers connected to the signal transmitters are provided on the connector, and
- wherein the power receivers and the signal receivers are formed as rollers, and thus, when the lamp module slides on the rail, power input and control signal input are maintained through the power receivers and the signal receivers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.