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US 12,715,393 B2Granted
Exterior lighting control systems for vehicles
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAlexander L. Paradis, Frank A. Richards
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a lighting control system including a sensor that is located at an exterior movable component of the vehicle. When the exterior movable component is moved from one position to another position, the pressure sensor sends a signal to a controller that activates exterior lights of the vehicle based on the signal.
Claims10
A vehicle comprising:
- a lighting control system comprising a sensor that is located at an exterior movable component of the vehicle, the exterior moveable component comprising a window of a door assembly;
- wherein, when the window is moved inward, the window is configured to move toward the sensor, the sensor arranged and configured to detect the window when the window contacts the sensor and to send a signal to a controller that activates exterior lights of the vehicle based on the signal when the window is detected.
A method of controlling exterior lights of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- moving a window of the vehicle inward toward a sensor from an initial position to a moved position;
- detecting when the window is in the moved position using the sensor and sending a signal to a controller, the sensor arranged and configured to detect the window when the window is moved to the moved position;
- and
- the controller activating the exterior lights in response to the signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.