Situation-aware dynamic trailer lights combined with adas vehicle functionality of a semi-truck

An autonomous vehicle (AV), comprising:

• one or more tires;
• at least one or more sensors configured to collect data related to one or more vehicles in an environment surrounding the AV;
• a memory configured to store machine executable instructions;
• and
• at least one processor configured to execute the stored executable instructions to:
• receive data from a one or more sensors positioned at one or more locations on the AV, the one or more sensors configured to detect one or more vehicles in surrounding areas of a trailer of the AV as the AV is navigating a route;
• detect, based on the data received from the one or more sensors, the one or more vehicles within a proximity of the trailer that may potentially collide with the trailer;
• determine, based on the data received a predicted part of the trailer that is likely to be collided with if the one or more vehicles continue along a predicted route;
• and
• illuminate one or more warning lights on the trailer, wherein the illuminated warning lights correspond to the predicted part of the trailer that is likely to be collided with by the one or more vehicles.

A method comprising:

• receiving data from a one or more sensors positioned at one or more locations on an autonomous vehicle (AV), the one or more sensors configured to detect one or more vehicles in surrounding areas of a trailer of the AV as the AV is navigating a route;
• detecting, based on the data received from the one or more sensors, one or more vehicles within a proximity of the trailer that may potentially collide with the trailer;
• determining, based on the data received a predicted part of the trailer that is likely to be collided with if the one or more vehicles continue along a predicted route;
• and
• illuminating one or more warning lights on the trailer, wherein the illuminated warning lights correspond to the predicted part of the trailer that is likely to be collided with by the one or more vehicles.