Active lighting control for communicating a state of an autonomous vehicle to entities in a surrounding environment
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Oct 31, 2017
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Nov 4, 2015
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Systems, apparatus and methods implemented in algorithms, software, firmware, logic, or circuitry may be configured to process data and sensory input to determine whether an object external to an autonomous vehicle (e.g., another vehicle, a pedestrian, a bicyclist, etc.) may be a potential collision threat to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may include a light emitter positioned external to a surface of the autonomous vehicle and being configured to implement a visual alert by emitting light from the light emitter. Data representing a light pattern may be received by the light emitter and the light emitted by the display may be indicative of the light pattern. The light pattern may be selected to gain the attention of the object (e.g., a pedestrian, a driver of a car, a bicyclists, etc.) in order to avoid the potential collision or to alert the object to the presence of the autonomous vehicle.
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- G10K:SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES
- B60W:CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT....
- B60R:VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT ....
- G05D:SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC....
- G08G:TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
- G01C:MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING....
- B60Q:ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE....
- B60N:VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROV....
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