System and method for operating indicator lights of work machines
AssigneeCaterpillar Paving Products Inc.
InventorsNathaniel Doy, Micheal David Valerio
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Abstract
A method, for operating an indicator light mounted to an exterior of a work machine, includes receiving, by a controller, a digital input image of an environment surrounding the work machine from an image capturing device. Also, the method includes processing, by the controller, the digital input image to determine an ambient light intensity of the environment. In addition, the method includes generating, by the controller, based on the determined ambient light intensity of the environment, one or more control signals to correspondingly adjust at least one attribute of light output by the indicator light.
Claims20
A method for operating an indicator light mounted to an exterior of a work machine, the method including:
- receiving, by a controller, a digital input image of an environment surrounding the work machine from an image capturing device;
- processing, by the controller, the digital input image to determine an ambient light intensity of the environment;
- generating, by the controller, based on the determined ambient light intensity, one or more control signals to correspondingly adjust at least one attribute of light output by the indicator light.
A system for operating an indicator light mounted to an exterior of a work machine, the system including:
- an image capturing device configured to capture a digital input image of an environment surrounding the work machine;
- and
- a controller operatively coupled to the image capturing device, the controller configured to:
- receive the digital input image;
- process the digital input image to determine an ambient light intensity of the environment;
- and
- generate, based on the determined ambient light intensity, one or more control signals to correspondingly adjust at least one attribute of light output by the indicator light.
A work machine comprising:
- an exterior;
- an indicator light mounted to the exterior and configured to output light indicative of an operating status of the work machine;
- a system for operating the indicator light, the system including:
- an image capturing device configured to capture a digital input image of an environment surrounding the work machine;
- and
- a controller operatively coupled to the image capturing device, the controller configured to:
- receive the digital input image;
- process the digital input image to determine an ambient light intensity of the environment;
- and
- generate, based on the determined ambient light intensity, one or more control signals to correspondingly adjust at least one attribute of the light output by the indicator light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.