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US 12,403,819 B2Granted
System and methods to modify active car paint
AssigneeAdeia Guides Inc.
InventorsJean-Yves Couleaud, Serhad Doken, Ning Xu
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for modifying one or more color changing exterior surfaces of a vehicle in response to identified safety events. Specifically, a safety event is identified in a surrounding environment of a vehicle that comprises one or more color-changing exterior surfaces. In response to the identifying of the safety event, a color scheme is selected for the one or more color-changing exterior surfaces of the vehicle based on the type or safety event and the appearance of the surrounding environment. One or more color changing exterior surfaces of the vehicle are modified to match the selected color scheme.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- identifying a safety event in a surrounding environment of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises one or more color-changing exterior surfaces;
- selecting a selected color scheme for the one or more color-changing exterior surfaces of the vehicle in response to the identifying the safety event, wherein the selected color scheme is selected based on (a) type of the safety event, and (b) appearance of the surrounding environment;
- modifying, at a first time, one or more of the color-changing exterior surfaces of the vehicle to match the selected color scheme;
- determining a location of the vehicle while the one or more color-changing exterior surfaces of the vehicle are modified to match the selected color scheme;
- storing the location and the selected color scheme in a storage associated with the vehicle;
- and
- based at least in part on determining the vehicle is at the stored location at a second time:
- retrieving the selected color scheme from the storage;
- and
- modifying one or more of the color-changing exterior surfaces of the vehicle to match the selected color scheme retrieved from the storage.
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A method, comprising:
- identifying a safety event in a surrounding environment of a vehicle, wherein:
- the vehicle comprises one or more color-changing exterior surfaces;
- and
- at least a portion of surrounding vehicles each comprise one or more color-changing exterior surfaces;
- selecting a selected color scheme for the one or more color-changing exterior surfaces of the vehicle in response to the identifying the safety event, wherein the selected color scheme is selected based on (a) type of the safety event, and (b) appearance of the surrounding environment;
- selecting a dependent color scheme for the one or more color-changing exterior surfaces of each of the at least a portion of surrounding vehicles in response to the identifying the safety event, wherein the dependent color scheme is based on the selected color scheme;
- modifying one or more of the color-changing exterior surfaces of the vehicle to match the selected color scheme;
- and
- modifying the one or more color-changing exterior surfaces of each of the at least a portion of surrounding vehicles to match the dependent color scheme.
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A system comprising:
- a memory;
- control circuitry configured to:
- identify a safety event in a surrounding environment of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises one or more color-changing exterior surfaces;
- select a selected color scheme for the one or more color-changing exterior surfaces of the vehicle in response to the identifying the safety event, wherein the selected color scheme is selected based on (a) type of the safety event, and (b) appearance of the surrounding environment;
- paint controller configured to:
- modify, at a first time, one or more of the color-changing exterior surfaces of the vehicle to match the selected color scheme;
- wherein the control circuitry further configured to:
- determine a location of the vehicle while the one or more color-changing exterior surfaces of the vehicle are modified to match the selected color scheme;
- store the location and the selected color scheme in the memory;
- and
- based at least in part on determining the vehicle is at the stored location at a second time, retrieve the selected color scheme from the memory;
- and
- wherein the paint controller further configured to:
- modify one or more of the color-changing exterior surfaces of the vehicle to match the selected color scheme retrieved from the memory.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.