Lighting control for autonomous vehicles

A method for controlling a lighting system of a vehicle, comprising:

• receiving, by a lighting controller area network (CAN), an autonomous driving system (ADS) message;
• receiving, from a vehicle electronic control unit (VECU), a driver-initiated message;
• and
• transmitting, to a chassis node, a control message based on either the ADS message or the driver-initiated message,
• wherein the control message is based on a conflict resolution between the ADS message and the driver-initiated message,
• wherein the chassis node is configured to control, based on the control message, lighting operations of a first lighting element and a second lighting element of the lighting system of the vehicle, and
• wherein the chassis node is further configured to operate the first lighting element and the second lighting element using predetermined current limits such that, in response to a determination that at least one of the predetermined current limits has been exceeded, the chassis node operates in a protection mode in which the first lighting element is allowed to operate, and the second lighting element is disallowed to operate.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon, the instructions, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to implement operations for controlling a lighting system of a vehicle, comprising:

• receiving, by a lighting controller area network (CAN) from an autonomous driving system (ADS) of the vehicle, an ADS message;
• receiving, from a vehicle electronic control unit (VECU), a driver-initiated message;
• and
• transmitting, to a chassis node, a control message,
• wherein the control message is based on a conflict resolution between the ADS message and the driver-initiated message, and
• wherein the chassis node is configured to control, based on the control message, lighting operations of a first lighting element and a second lighting element of the lighting system of the vehicle,
• wherein the chassis node is further configured to operate the first lighting element and the second lighting element using predetermined current limits such that, in response to a determination that at least one of the predetermined current limits has been exceeded, the chassis node operates in a protection mode in which the first lighting element is allowed to operate, and the second lighting element is disallowed to operate.