In-Cabin Light Control for Vehicle Interiors

Configuring vehicle lighting using a user's mobile device to selectively illuminate specific areas with custom brightness and color temperature. The vehicle's lighting control system receives lighting mode preferences from the user's mobile device over wireless connection. It then determines illumination fields and lighting properties based on the area associated with the device location. The vehicle's lights are controlled accordingly to match the requested configuration. This allows users to tailor the vehicle's lighting to their needs in different environments.

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Adaptive lighting system for electric vehicles like multi-purpose off-road vehicles that automatically adjusts the lighting based on driving environment and vehicle control inputs. The system uses sensors to recognize factors like illumination, objects, steering angle, user manipulations, etc. It extracts lighting control conditions from these inputs and adjusts the front, rear, side, and task lights accordingly. This allows optimal visibility in different situations without wasting energy on unnecessary lighting.

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Vehicle lighting system with adjustable headlight and turn signal patterns using tunable lens arrays and light modulators. The system allows dynamic control of light distribution and intensity by electrically adjusting the lens arrays and modulators. This enables features like adaptive headlight beams, adjustable turn signal shapes, and customizable lighting for autonomous vehicles. The system uses collimated light from a source, passes it through the tunable lens arrays with modulators between, and projects the shaped and adjusted light.

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A vehicle dimming system that can adjust the brightness of the interior regardless of day or night and can perform detailed dimming. The system uses a combination of adjusting the transmittance of a light-adjusting member and controlling the illuminance of interior lights. It divides the light-adjusting member into multiple parts to enable fine dimming. This allows adjusting the amount of external light entering the vehicle and interior light output independently, providing flexibility and privacy protection.

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Intelligent vehicle ambient lighting system that uses environmental data and road conditions to optimize lighting for safety and efficiency. The system detects the starting environment, generates environmental data based on light parameters, vehicle count, etc. It matches this data with preset lighting strategies to determine an initial lighting scheme. Then, as the vehicle drives, it monitors road conditions to determine distress probability and adjusts lighting accordingly. This provides early warnings to avoid accidents. It also responds to in-car lighting requests, but checks if they match environment data to avoid excessive switching.

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A system for customizing vehicle light shapes by allowing users to draw and transmit desired lighting patterns for vehicle lights via a device like a smartphone. The system receives the custom shapes and reproduces them in the vehicle's light assembly using local or remote communication. This provides freedom to define unique and personalized light shapes for vehicle functions like tail lights, turn signals, and interior lights.

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Method for optimizing lighting in a vehicle's interior to provide consistent and comfortable illumination across areas. It involves checking if the lighting parameters in different areas create an inconsistent overall lighting experience. If so, the parameters are adjusted to improve consistency. The method compares lighting parameters like color and brightness between areas and changes them if the differences are excessive. This prevents discrepancies that can cause visual discomfort or irritation. The user can specify some parameters, but automatic adjustment can be used if not.

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Vehicle ambient lighting system with adjustable lighting patterns and intensity. The lighting system has a hardened layer, a light guide layer, and a lighting pattern layer. The hardened layer protects the other layers. The light guide layer channels light from a light source. The lighting pattern layer contains the adjustable lighting pattern. A control component can open/close the lighting pattern layer and change the pattern. The lighting system can be mounted on a vehicle roof or canopy for customizable ambient lighting.

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Smart vehicle lighting control system that improves safety and user experience in different driving scenarios by dynamically adjusting lighting based on conditions. The system uses sensors to detect factors like ambient light, passenger movement, and tunnel entry. It then intelligently controls the vehicle's lights to provide optimal illumination in each situation. For example, if passengers are getting on/off, it turns on door lights with a preset brightness. If movement is detected, it adjusts door light brightness based on passenger count. If in a tunnel, it keeps lights on rather than dimming suddenly. This adaptive lighting enhances safety and convenience compared to fixed presets.

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Expanding the functionality of vehicle exterior lighting to communicate driving modes and driver states to other road users. The vehicle analyzes the driving mode selection and/or driver state to determine when to change the lighting pattern. In one operating mode, the lights emit a first pattern. If conditions indicate a different driving mode or a detected driver state warrants it, the lights switch to a second pattern. This discreet lighting change allows other drivers to better assess the vehicle's acceleration, steering, or driver behavior.

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Ambient light control system for vehicles that allows customized, scene-specific lighting in vehicles with multiple ambient light zones. The system uses a central controller and regional controllers connected to the vehicle's parameter acquisition system. The central controller and regional controllers exchange ambient light control instructions based on vehicle status parameters. This enables coordinated, priority-based lighting when multiple controllers receive instructions simultaneously. It allows linked ambient lighting in scenarios like voice, driving modes, etc. The system improves user experience by distributing computing power and control between central and regional controllers.

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Lighting control method for vehicle headlights that improves user experience and safety by adjusting headlight distance without changing brightness. The method involves determining headlight adjustment information and selectively turning on/off different headlight sources instead of just adjusting angle. This allows increasing/decreasing headlight range without changing road brightness.

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Lighting control system for work vehicles that allows customization of lighting plans based on vehicle operating conditions to improve compliance and convenience. The system automatically adjusts the work lights and road lights based on vehicle mode and external parameters. It detects factors like gear selection, location signals, and ambient light to switch between optimized lighting configurations. The system can also be reconfigured by the user to allow customization within the constraints of policy and compliance requirements.

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Vehicle lighting system that provides adaptive lighting for improved safety and convenience in various scenarios. The system has a rotating light assembly with multiple light sources that can be selectively activated. The lighting brightness, color, and pattern can be dynamically adjusted based on vehicle status, environment, and road conditions. The system also allows switching to fault or engineering modes for specific scenarios like breakdowns or construction work. The rotating assembly with multiple sources reduces the need for complex thermal management and allows quick cooling.

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Vehicle lighting control system that allows individual control of each LED light in a vehicle's lighting array. The system uses a two-stage power supply circuit with a boost chip followed by a matrix chip to provide adjustable voltage and current to each LED. This allows precise dimming and brightness control of individual lights. The system also integrates communication interfaces like CAN, SPI, and NTC to provide diagnostics, temperature monitoring, and fault detection.

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Dynamic lighting system for vehicles that provides uniform, shadowless illumination with adjustable color temperature. The system uses a surface light source, like an LED panel, instead of point sources to spread the light. An intelligent sensing device collects occupant and vehicle data to determine optimal lighting settings. A communication and control device coordinates the lighting module and sensing device to dynamically adjust light distribution, color temperature, and brightness based on occupant needs and vehicle conditions.

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Smoothly transitioning between different light functions for adaptive vehicle headlights that use segmented LED matrices. The headlights are controlled by selecting and superimposing pre-stored data sets specifying segment intensities for different light distributions. A smoothing function limits changes to avoid sudden transitions exceeding a maximum rate. This allows seamless switching between light distributions like dipped and full beams without requiring complex real-time calculations.

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A vehicle lighting system that allows customizable exterior lighting while meeting legal requirements for light intensity. The lighting system has exterior lights with independently controllable segments. The segments can be individually controlled to create different lighting patterns and graphics. The control device operates the segments in different modes to meet lighting requirements like total intensity while providing flexibility and customization. Users can create their own lighting modes via an interface, but the control prevents them from violating requirements.

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An optical system for multidirectional light propagation and control uses two colored layers placed between cavities to control the transmission, reflection, absorption, and direction of light within and through the cavities.

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A headlamp with a unique cell array design and control system that enables dynamic control of light emission based on captured images to provide adaptive illumination and avoid dazzling other drivers. The headlamp has three stacked regions of light-emitting cells, with smaller cells stacked on larger ones. This allows finely adjustable illumination by independently controlling the stacked cell regions. An image sensor captures the forward view and sets the emission region. Controllers and drivers turn on/off the cells as needed.

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