Enhanced Human Interface Lighting for Autonomous Machines
AssigneeApplied Electric Vehicles Ltd
InventorsMarc Alexander, Laksh Jaisinghani
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Abstract
Enhanced human interface lighting for autonomous machines is described. In one or more implementations, a system includes perception sensor devices (e.g., camera systems, radar systems, lidar systems) to obtain environmental condition information for the environment around a vehicle. A vehicle control system controls the brightness or wavelength characteristics for one or more exterior lights of the vehicle based on the environmental condition information. In this way, the system improves driver and passenger safety, enhances the experience and safety of humans interacting with the vehicle, and improves the perception characteristics of the perception sensor devices.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- one or more perception sensor devices configured to obtain environmental condition information for an environment near a vehicle;
- and
- a vehicle control system having one or more processors configured to control brightness or wavelength characteristics for one or more exterior lights of the vehicle based on the environmental condition information.
A vehicle control system of a vehicle comprising one or more processors configured to:
- obtain, from one or more perception sensor devices, environmental condition information for an environment around the vehicle;
- and
- control, based on the environmental condition information, brightness or wavelength characteristics for one or more exterior lights of the vehicle.
A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a vehicle control system of a vehicle to:
- determine an objective for the vehicle, the objective including a driving objective from one or more autonomous-or semi-autonomous driving systems, a user interaction objective from one or more data platforms, or contextual information from one or more perception sensor devices or the one or more data platforms;
- determine brightness or wavelength characteristics for one or more exterior lights of the vehicle based on the objectives;
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- control the one or more exterior lights to emit light according to the brightness or wavelength characteristics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.