Vehicle light guidance system and method
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorsSHAMMIKA WICKRAMASINGHE, NICHOLAS RIDLER
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Abstract
A method of guiding a vehicle user approaching or exiting a vehicle. The method comprises projecting, by means of illumination from one or more light sources associated with the vehicle, a distinct illuminated path on the ground. The distinct illuminated path on the ground extends between the vehicle and a location remote from the vehicle. A light guidance system (10) for a vehicle (12), the system comprising one or more light sources (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) associated with the vehicle and configured to project at least part of a distinct illuminated path (64) on the ground between the vehicle and a location remote from the vehicle.
Claims20
1-23. (canceled)
A method of guiding a vehicle user approaching or exiting a vehicle, the method comprising:
- projecting, by means of illumination from one or more light sources associated with the vehicle, a distinct illuminated path on the ground extending between the vehicle and a location remote from the vehicle, wherein the distinct illuminated path projected on the ground corresponds substantially to an actual path traversed by the user between the vehicle and the location remote from the vehicle;
- tracking the movement of the user in the vicinity of the vehicle;
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- progressively projecting the distinct illuminated path on the ground as the user moves between the vehicle and the location remote from the vehicle such that the actual path of the user is progressively illuminated on the ground as the user moves between the vehicle and the location remote from the vehicle.
A light guidance system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- one or more light sources associated with the vehicle and configured to project at least part of a distinct illuminated path on the ground between the vehicle and a location remote from the vehicle;
- one or more locating devices for determining the location of a vehicle user relative to the vehicle;
- and
- a controller configured to selectively activate the one or more light sources to illuminate the ground at the location of the user,
- wherein the distinct illuminated path projected on the ground corresponds substantially to an actual path traversed by the user between the vehicle and the location remote from the vehicle,
- and wherein the system is configured to track the movement of the vehicle user between the vehicle and the location remote from the vehicle and to progressively illuminate the ground along an actual path traversed by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.