Lighting apparatus for vehicle and control method thereof
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsDo Hyung KIM, Soon Mo LEE, Moo Kwan KIM
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Abstract
A control method of a lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include: sensing, by a sensing unit, a distance between the vehicle and a pedestrian; determining, by a control unit, whether the distance between the vehicle and the pedestrian falls within a first distance; determining, by the control unit, a walking direction of the pedestrian when the distance between the vehicle and the pedestrian falls within the first distance; and indicating, by the control unit, the walking direction to the pedestrian by operating a plurality of flap units.
Claims16
A method for controlling a lighting apparatus for a vehicle, the light apparatus comprising a light emitting unit and a flap system comprising a plurality of flap units, each flap unit configured to rotate to open or close a respective one of a plurality of openings exposing the light emitting unit, the method comprising:
- sensing a first distance between the vehicle and a pedestrian;
- determining whether the first distance is less than a second distance;
- in response to determining that the first distance is less than the second distance, determining a walking direction of the pedestrian;
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- controlling the plurality of flap units to collectively indicate the determined walking direction of the pedestrian.
A method for controlling a lighting apparatus of a vehicle, the light apparatus comprising a plurality of light emitting units and a plurality of flap units, the method comprising:
- sensing a first distance between the vehicle and a driver outside the vehicle;
- determining whether the first distance is less than a second distance;
- in response to the first distance being less than the second distance, controlling the plurality of light emitting units and the plurality of flap units to generate a welcome signal;
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- in response to the first distance being not less than the second distance, controlling the plurality of light emitting units and the plurality of flap units to generate a goodbye signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.