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US 12,528,403 B2Granted
Lighting control device, lighting control method, and vehicle
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorArinobu Ueda
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Abstract
The present technology relates to a lighting control device that enables effective use of a roof light disposed along the outer periphery of a roof window of the vehicle, a lighting control method, and a vehicle. A lighting control device includes a light control unit that controls a roof light disposed along the outer periphery of a roof window of a vehicle, on the basis of at least one of a state of the vehicle, a situation around the vehicle, a situation inside the vehicle, or an operation on the vehicle. The present technology can be applied to a vehicle that has a roof window, for example.
Claims19
A lighting control device, comprising:
- a light control unit configured to:
- control a roof light along an outer periphery of a roof window of a first vehicle, based on at least one of a state of the first vehicle, a situation around the first vehicle, a situation inside the first vehicle, or an operation on the first vehicle, wherein
- the situation inside the first vehicle includes a first recognition of each seat of a plurality of seats inside the first vehicle and a second recognition of a presence or an absence of an occupant in the each seat of the plurality of seats;
- control emission of first light of the roof light in a first light emission pattern at a first position in a first vicinity of a first seat of the plurality of seats in which the occupant is absent;
- and
- control the emission of the first light of the roof light in a second light emission pattern, at least one of at a first time at which a door of the first vehicle is unlocked, at a second time at which the door is locked, at a third time at which a brake of the first vehicle is activated, at a fourth time at which a driving mode of the first vehicle is changed, at a fifth time at which an emergency occurs in the first vehicle, at a sixth time at which an approach of a specific object to the first vehicle is detected, or at a seventh time at which the first vehicle is operated with a mobile terminal.
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A lighting control method, comprising:
- controlling a roof light along an outer periphery of a roof window of a vehicle, based on at least one of a state of the vehicle, a situation around the vehicle, a situation inside the vehicle, or an operation on the vehicle, wherein
- the situation inside the vehicle includes a first recognition of each seat of a plurality of seats inside the vehicle and a second recognition of a presence or an absence of an occupant in the each seat of the plurality of seats;
- controlling emission of light of the roof light in a first light emission pattern at a position in a vicinity of a seat of the plurality of seats in which the occupant is absent;
- and
- controlling the emission of the light of the roof light in a second light emission pattern, at least one of at a first time at which a door of the vehicle is unlocked, at a second time at which the door is locked, at a third time at which a brake of the vehicle is activated, at a fourth time at which a driving mode of the vehicle is changed, at a fifth time at which an emergency occurs in the vehicle, at a sixth time at which an approach of a specific object to the vehicle is detected, or at a seventh time at which the vehicle is operated with a mobile terminal.
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A vehicle that has a roof window,
- the vehicle comprising:
- a roof light along an outer periphery of the roof window;
- and
- a light control unit configured to:
- control the roof light, based on at least one of a state of the vehicle, a situation around the vehicle, a situation inside the vehicle, or an operation on the vehicle, wherein
- the situation inside the vehicle includes a first recognition of each seat of a plurality of seats inside the vehicle and a second recognition of a presence or an absence of an occupant in the each seat of the plurality of seats;
- control emission of light of the roof light in a first light emission pattern at a position in a vicinity of a seat of the plurality of seats in which the occupant is absent;
- and
- control the emission of the light of the roof light in a second light emission pattern, at least one of at a first time at which a door of the vehicle is unlocked, at a second time at which the door is locked, at a third time at which a brake of the vehicle is activated, at a fourth time at which a driving mode of the vehicle is changed, at a fifth time at which an emergency occurs in the vehicle, at a sixth time at which an approach of a specific object to the vehicle is detected, or at a seventh time at which the vehicle is operated with a mobile terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.