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US 2026/0225446 A1Published application
Ambient output system
AssigneeBentley Motors Limited
InventorsMohamed Abd El GHANI, Thomas Robert William GRAYSON, David LEARY
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AssigneeBentley Motors Limited
InventorsMohamed Abd El GHANI, Thomas Robert William GRAYSON, David LEARY
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An ambient output system for a vehicle comprising: a detector to detect a plurality of elements of an environment external to the vehicle; an identification unit to identify each element; a rendering unit to create a virtual space representing the external environment, the rendering unit operable to populate the virtual space with the vehicle and each identified element; an association unit operable to apply a respective emanating field to each identified element within the virtual space, each emanating field being based on, and emanating from, the identified element to an associated range; one or more ambient output devices operable to set the internal ambient environment of the vehicle; and an orchestration unit operable to determine any emanating fields the vehicle is within in the virtual space and set the output of the ambient output devices based on any emanating fields the vehicle is within.
An ambient output system for a vehicle comprising:
An ambient output system according to claim 3 or claim 4 wherein the non-circular emanating field is an oval or is the same shape as an outer edge of the respective identified element.
An ambient output system according to any preceding claim wherein the vehicle comprises a vehicle emanating field in the virtual space, and the orchestration unit is operable to determine any emanating fields the vehicle is within by determining any emanating fields of identified elements which overlap with the vehicle emanating field.
An ambient output system according to any preceding claim wherein the one or more ambient output devices comprise ambient lighting devices and/or speakers.
An ambient output system according to any preceding claim wherein the orchestration unit is operable to use a set of conditions associated with an emanating field in which the vehicle is within to set the output of the one or more ambient output devices.
An ambient output system according to any preceding claim wherein the orchestration unit is operable to set the output of the one or more ambient output devices based on a combination of a plurality of sets of conditions, each set of conditions being associated with a respective emanating field which the vehicle is within.
An ambient output system according to any one of claims 9 to 12 wherein the identification unit is operable to identify if an external element is an emergency services vehicle (EMS vehicle) and to label an element as an EMS vehicle, and the orchestration unit is operable to detect if one or more elements are labelled as EMS vehicle and, if one or more elements are labelled as EMS vehicle, set the output of the one or more ambient output devices based only on sets of conditions associated with elements labelled as EMS vehicle.
An ambient output system according to any preceding claim wherein the identification unit is operable to determine a time of day and the orchestration unit is operable to set the output of the one or more output devices at least partially based on the time of day.
An ambient output system according to any preceding claim wherein, for one or more elements corresponding to emanating fields the vehicle is within in the virtual space, the orchestration unit is operable to determine the position of the one or more elements relative to the vehicle and adjust a set of conditions corresponding to each of the one or more elements based on the position of each respective element relative to the vehicle.
An ambient output system according to any preceding claim comprising a memory unit operable to store a list of ranges of emanating fields associated with identities, and wherein the association unit is operable to look-up in the memory unit the range associated with the identity of each element and set the range of the emanating field for each element.
An ambient output system according to any preceding claim comprising a memory unit operable to store a list of shapes of emanating fields associated with identities, and wherein the association unit is operable to look-up in the memory unit the shape associated with the identity of each element and set the shape of the emanating field for each element.
A method of providing an ambient environment for a vehicle, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.