Vehicle spotlight with tracking feature
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Paul Duncan, Doug H. Randlett, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Douglas Miller, Christopher Charles Hunt, Stuart C. Salter, Chad Hoover, Matthew Cramer Mullen
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Abstract
A vehicle lighting system is provided herein. A spotlight is coupled to a vehicle and is configured to project light in a target direction. A controller is configured to wirelessly send command signals to the spotlight. A user-input device is in communication with the controller and is provided on a steering wheel of the vehicle. The command signals are based on user-input and control at least one of an aim direction and a light activation of the spotlight.
Claims16
A vehicle lighting system comprising:
- a spotlight coupled to a vehicle and configured to project light in a target direction;
- a controller configured to wirelessly send command signals to the spotlight;
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- a user-input device in communication with the controller and provided on a steering wheel of the vehicle, wherein the command signals are based on user-input and control at least one of an aim direction and a light activation of the spotlight.
A vehicle lighting system comprising:
- a spotlight coupled to a vehicle and configured to project light in a target direction;
- a controller configured to wirelessly send command signals to the spotlight;
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- a user-input device in communication with the controller and provided on a steering wheel of the vehicle, wherein the command signals are based on user-input and control at least one of an aim direction and a light activation of the spotlight, wherein the light projected from the spotlight comprises at least one of a search beam and a light beam, and further comprises a laser beam that coincides with a beam axis of the at least one of the search beam and the light beam to assist in aiming the at least one of the search beam and the light beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.