Vehicle lighting system having illumination characteristics that vary based on detected object class

An adaptive lighting system comprising:

• a plurality of light sources configured to project light that radiates fully or partially around;
• a wireless transceiver configured to receive V2X data indicative of one or more objects;
• and
• a controller communicatively connected to the plurality of light sources and the wireless transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to:
• receive the V2X data from the wireless transceiver;
• based on the V2X data, determine a relative location of the one or more objects;
• based on the V2X data, determine a distance to the one or more objects;
• and
• dim a selected one or more of the plurality of light sources, wherein the selected one or more of the plurality of light sources is selected by the controller based upon the determined location of the one or more objects, and wherein the controller is configured to dim the selected one or more of the plurality of light sources by a magnitude depending on the determined distance to the one or more objects.

A method of controlling a lighting system, the method comprising:

• lighting a plurality of light sources to project light that radiates away therefrom;
• receiving image data from an image sensor;
• determining a location of the object based on the image data;
• executing an object detection machine learning model on the image data to classify the object detected in the image data to determine a class of the detected object;
• and
• selecting one or more of the plurality of light sources for dimming based on the determined location of the object;
• and
• dimming the selected one or more of the plurality of light sources by a magnitude depending on the class of the detected object.