Headlight control based on messaging and sensor data
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsMohammad Naserian, Vivek Vijaya Kumar, Hariharan Krishnan, Donald K. Grimm, Allan K. Lewis
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Abstract
A system and method to control headlights of a vehicle includes receiving a broadcast that indicates a location of a sending device of the broadcast. The method also includes obtaining other information that indicates at least one of a weather condition or an ambient lighting condition, and analyzing the broadcast and the other information to determine whether the headlights should be enabled or whether high beams of the headlights should be enabled. The method further includes generating a signal to control the headlights according to the analysis.
Claims20
A method of controlling headlights of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a broadcast, at a controller of the vehicle, that indicates a location of a sending device of the broadcast;
- obtaining, at the controller, other information that indicates at least one of a weather condition or an ambient lighting condition;
- analyzing, at the controller, the broadcast and the other information to determine whether the headlights should be enabled or whether high beams of the headlights should be enabled;
- and
- generating a signal, at the controller, to control the headlights according to the analyzing.
A system to control headlights of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a radio access technology (RAT) communication device configured to receive a broadcast that indicates a location of a sending device of the message;
- and
- a controller configured to obtain other information that indicates at least one of a weather condition or an ambient lighting condition, obtain the broadcast, perform an analysis of the broadcast and the other information to determine whether the headlights should be enabled, and generate a signal to control the headlights according to the analysis.
A system to control headlights of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a radio access technology (RAT) communication device configured to receive a broadcast that indicates a location of a sending device of the message;
- and
- a controller configured to obtain other information that indicates at least one of a weather condition or an ambient lighting condition, obtain the broadcast, perform an analysis of the broadcast and the other information to determine whether high beams of the headlights should be enabled, and generate a signal to control the headlights according to the analysis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.