Exterior light and charge indicator
AssigneeRivian IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsMatthew Coburn, Brian Gase
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Abstract
Electric vehicles indicate charge levels in different ways. A lighting control module is communicatively is configured to illuminate an exterior light of an electric vehicle to indicate a charge status of a battery for the electric vehicle. The charge status is indicated based on varying an intensity of the exterior light, based on illuminating a subset of the exterior lights, and/or based on an animation. The display of the charge indicator varies based on a location of the vehicle, the presence of a person in proximity to the vehicle, and/or a charger connected to the vehicle.
Claims20
A charge indicator system for an electric vehicle, comprising:
- an exterior light;
- a battery management module;
- a lighting control module communicatively coupled to the battery management module, wherein the lighting control module is configured to:
- cause the exterior light to emit light during driving operation of the electric vehicle;
- receive charge status information of a vehicle battery from the battery management module;
- and
- cause the exterior light to emit light that indicates charge status based on the received charge status information.
A method for indicating charge status of an electric vehicle, comprising:
- emitting light of a substantially constant light intensity, using an exterior light, during driving operation of the electric vehicle;
- receiving charge status information of a vehicle battery from a battery management module;
- and
- emitting light, using the exterior light, that indicates charge status of the based on the received charge status information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.