10586results about "Optical signalling" patented technology

The invention relates to the technical field of vehicle lamp systems, in particular to an intelligent vehicle lamp system based on DLP projection, a control method and a vehicle. The intelligent vehicle lamp system based on DLP projection comprises an optical system, an intelligent control system, an execution module and a power management system, the system collects environment data in real time through a sensor, a central processing unit fuses multi-source information and generates a control instruction through an AI algorithm, and the light source brightness, the irradiation angle and the road surface projection content are dynamically adjusted; meanwhile, voice interaction and remote control are supported, and the self-adaptive lighting and safety warning functions are achieved. Through the intelligent control and DLP projection technology, the vehicle lamp performance is improved, the lighting effect is optimized, and the night driving safety is enhanced; self-adaptive adjustment is realized, and the driving experience is improved; the energy consumption is reduced by more than 30%; the battery life is prolonged; v2X communication is supported, and intelligent early warning is realized; a voice control function is provided, and operation is more convenient and safer; a road surface projection function is added, navigation arrows and warning marks can be displayed, and visual driving assistance is provided.

A vehicle lamp includes first and second light sources, a collecting lens that collects light, a shielding member that passes collected light through a radiating slit, and a projecting lens that forms a radiation pattern with light. The collecting lens includes a first lens portion and a second lens portion that correspond to the first and second light sources, respectively, the radiating slit includes a near-side slit portion and a far-side slit portion that correspond to a near-side radiation design and a far-side radiation design, respectively, in the radiation pattern, the first lens portion and the second lens portion are opposed to the far-side slit portion and the near-side slit portion, respectively. A collecting lens member, the shielding member, and a projecting lens member are fixed to a supporting member such that a collecting lens frame and a shielding frame overlap with each other in an optical axis direction.

The invention provides an optical system, a control method, a vehicle optical signal device, a vehicle lamp and a vehicle, the optical system comprises at least one first light source assembly and a second light source assembly, and light emitted by the first light source assembly passes through an optical assembly and is emitted from a first light emitting area of a light emitting surface of the optical assembly; light emitted by the second light source assembly passes through the optical assembly and is emitted from a second light-emitting area of the light-emitting surface of the optical assembly, and at least partial area overlapping exists between the first light-emitting area and the second light-emitting area; wherein light emitted by the first light emitting area serves as a first light function, light emitted by the second light emitting area serves as a second light function, the first light function serves as a marker lamp of the driving automation system, and the second light function serves as other light functions with colors different from those of the first light function. Therefore, the structure and function multiplexing of the automatic system marker lamp and other signal lamps is realized, the cost of independently designing and manufacturing the automatic system marker lamp is effectively reduced, and the occupied space of the whole vehicle lamp is effectively reduced.

A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention comprises a substrate; a light source disposed on the substrate; and a light guide member disposed on the substrate and the light source, wherein the light guide member includes an exit surface and a first reflective surface facing the exit surface, the first reflective surface includes a plurality of reflective portions having different heights with respect to an upper surface of the substrate, and each of the plurality of reflective portions may include a plurality of first surfaces inclined with respect to the upper surface of the substrate.

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.

Techniques for selectively illuminating regions of an environment are disclosed herein. For example, an autonomous vehicle can include one or more emitter systems (e.g., a headlight(s)) comprising an array of light emitters configured to controllably emit light into an environment. In some examples, a machine learned model(s) may generate configuration signals to control the individual light emitters of an emitter system based at least in part on one or more of sensor data (e.g., lidar data, image data, etc.). In some examples, the machine learned model may generate configuration signals based at least in part on map data. Additional sensor data may be captured after the emitter system is reconfigured and used to control the autonomous vehicle.

In one instance, a safety device is mounted to an exterior side of a school bus. The safety device includes a mounting bracket configured for coupling to a mounting motor, with the mounting bracket being moveable between a undeployed position and a deployed position by the mounting motor. An arm portion is coupled to the mounting bracket. The arm portion has a proximal end and a distal end, with the proximal end being coupled to the mounting bracket. The safety device further includes a plurality of lights coupled to the arm portion.

A vehicle tailgate assembly includes a tailgate that is pivotally disposed on a bed of a pickup a panel space is integrated into the tailgate. A panel is hingedly disposed in the panel space in the tailgate. The panel is positionable in a closed or an open position. A step is slidably integrated into the panel and the step is positionable in a deployed position to facilitate a user to step on the step for climbing into the bed. A camera is integrated into the tailgate to record images of an area behind the pickup. The camera includes a transmitter which broadcasts a signal to a personal electronic device facilitating the personal electronic device to display the images recorded by the camera to assist with backing the pickup.

A lighting control device controls lighting of a first light source and a second light source having a smaller load than the first light source. The lighting control device includes a voltage supply circuit supplying a driving voltage to the first light source and the second light source, a smooth capacitor absorbing ripples of the driving voltage, a first switching element controlling a current generated by the driving voltage to the first light source, a second switching element controlling a current generated by the driving voltage to the second light source, a control circuit outputting control signals controlling the first switching element and the second switching element, and a bypass circuit forming a bypass path of a current to the second light source. The bypass path is formed by switching the bypass circuit to a conductive state based on a control signal reducing the load among the control signals.

The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle, including a projection system having at least one first and at least one second projection device. The at least one first projection device has at least one first light source and the at least second projection device has at least one second light source, where at least one first light projection can be projected into surroundings of the motor vehicle by the at least first projection device. The at least first light projection defines an actual position of the stationary motor vehicle, and at least one second light projection can be projected into surroundings of the motor vehicle by the at least second projection device. The at least second light projection defines a target position defining a parking position of the motor vehicle. The at least second projection device can be set by the user to change the target position. A deviation between the actual position and the target position can be determined via a detection device. Depending on the determined deviation, control parameters for performing an autonomous driving maneuver, in the context of which the motor vehicle can be maneuvered autonomously into the parking position, can be determined via a control device.

Dynamic outputs for inducing interactions with autonomous vehicles is described. In one or more implementations, a system includes an output device configured to produce audible signals in an environment outside an autonomous vehicle, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the output device. The processor is configured to detect one or more characteristics of the environment, dynamically generate, based on the characteristics, an audio output for inducing human interactions with the autonomous vehicle, and cause the output device to transmit the audio output as the audible signals produced in the environment for facilitating a human interaction with the autonomous vehicle.

A method (400) for controlling one or more turn signal lamps (140a, 140b) of a vehicle (100), the method (400) comprising steps of receiving (202), by at least one processor, a navigation data associated with one or more turns. Further, identifying (204), by the at least one processor, at least one turn signal lamp from the one or more turn signal lamps (140a, 140b) for controlling based on the navigation data. Furthermore, receiving (206), by the at least one processor, speed data of the vehicle (100) and correlating (208), by the at least one processor, the speed data of the vehicle (100) and the navigation data. Moreover, controlling (210), by the at least one processor, the at least one turn signal lamp from the one or more turn signal lamps (140a, 140b) based on the correlation.

A vehicle including a vehicle door, a detection unit and a vehicle processor is disclosed. The detection unit may be configured to detect an object presence in proximity to the vehicle and object information associated with an object. The vehicle processor may be configured to obtain the object information from the detection unit when the detection unit detects the object presence, and determine that the object may be approaching towards the vehicle door based on the object information. The vehicle processor may further output the object information to a user device responsive to determining that the object may be approaching towards the vehicle door.

Provided is a vehicle lamp having a lighting unit disposed inside a lighting body constituted by a housing and an outer lens, the lighting unit includes a light source and a light guide body, some of light guided by the light guide body is emitted toward a front side of the outer lens to cause a first emission region to emit light, and some of the light guided by the light guide body is emitted toward an outer circumferential edge portion of the outer lens to cause a second emission region to emit light.

The diffuse reflection uniform light-emitting car lamp optical system comprises a lamp body, a circuit board, a light source and an aluminized reflection bowl, the light source is arranged on the circuit board, the diffuse reflection car lamp optical system further comprises a diffuse reflection reflecting plate, and the aluminized reflection bowl comprises a first diffusion pattern face arranged corresponding to the light source and a second diffusion pattern face arranged corresponding to the diffuse reflection reflecting plate; light emitted by the light source irradiates the aluminized reflection bowl, is reflected and diffused through the first diffusion pattern surface, irradiates the second diffusion pattern surface for reflection and diffusion, and then irradiates the surface of the diffuse reflection reflector to be reflected. The diffuse reflection uniform light-emitting car lamp optical system is reasonable in design, a good lighting effect is achieved through mutual cooperation of the reflection bowl, the fogging inner cover and the diffuse reflection reflector, and the diffuse reflection uniform light-emitting car lamp optical system is novel in light-emitting form, uniform in light-emitting effect and rich in layering sense.

The invention discloses a radar-wave-transparent light-emitting vehicle logo lamp, and relates to the field of vehicle lamps. The radar-wave-transparent light-emitting vehicle logo lamp comprises a base, an outer face cover connected to the top of the base, a circuit board fixed between the base and the outer face cover, a light guide plate fixed between the circuit board and the outer face cover and a heating film connected to the surface of the side, away from the base, of the outer face cover. The middle of the base protrudes upwards to form a radar wave-transparent area and a containing groove located in the bottom face of the radar wave-transparent area, and the containing groove is used for containing a millimeter wave radar sensor for emitting radar. The circuit board is provided with a first opening for a radar wave-transparent area to pass through and a plurality of LED lamps arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction. The top face and the bottom face of the light guide plate are attached to the outer face cover and the radar wave-transparent area respectively, and the surface of the side, away from the base, of the light guide plate is provided with a vehicle logo. According to the light-emitting vehicle logo lamp capable of transmitting the radar waves, the radar waves can pass through the light-emitting vehicle logo lamp for detection while the vehicle logo identification is lightened, the influence on radar wave detection is reduced to the maximum extent, and meanwhile the radar wave detection effect can be prevented from being influenced by ice and snow.

A vehicle lamp includes a light source, and a lens. The lens includes a central region centered on an optical axis of the lamp and a peripheral region located around the central region. A rear surface of the peripheral region is formed with plural total reflection prism elements which reflects light emitted from the light source toward the front of the vehicle lamp in a state of being aligned in a concentric circular form centered on the optical axis. The rear surface of the peripheral region includes an inner periphery-side region and an outer periphery-side region. The plurality of total reflection prism elements form a first annular concave curved surface centered on the optical axis as an envelope surface in the inner periphery-side region and form a second annular concave curved surface centered on the optical axis as an envelope surface in the outer periphery-side region.

A motorcycle lamp includes: a lamp base including a mounting surface, and defining first and second directions; two main light devices spaced apart on the mounting surface and located oppositely in the first direction; only two auxiliary light devices spaced apart on the mounting surface and located oppositely in the second direction, each auxiliary light device including light emitting elements arranged in a direction non-parallel to the first direction, and an auxiliary light lens covering the light emitting elements; a controller connected to and configured to control the main light devices and the auxiliary light devices; and a tilt angle detector in communication with the controller, configured to detect and obtain a tilt angle data of the motorcycle; wherein the controller controls at least one of the light emitting elements of one of the auxiliary light devices to emit light according to the tilt angle data.

The invention relates to an intelligent vehicle taillight system, a control method thereof and a vehicle, the intelligent vehicle taillight system comprises a data acquisition module used for acquiring vehicle dynamic operation parameters and external environment information, the vehicle dynamic operation parameters comprise at least one of brake pedal stroke, steering angle, vehicle speed and automatic driving state data, and the external environment information is used for acquiring the external environment information; the external environment information comprises at least one of a rear vehicle distance and a pedestrian position; the intelligent control module is connected with the data acquisition module and is used for generating current working condition information of the vehicle based on the vehicle dynamic operation parameters and the external environment information; and the tail lamp is connected with the intelligent control module and performs corresponding display and projection operation according to the current working condition information. According to the invention, the driving safety can be improved.

The utility model discloses a graphene carbon heat-conducting fin and reversible desiccant membrane combined membrane component for demisting an automobile lamp, a graphene carbon heat-conducting fin layer comprises a heat absorption area and a heat conduction area, the heat absorption area is arranged towards a heating element in the automobile lamp and is used for absorbing infrared heat, the heat conduction area is formed by extending from the heat absorption area to a cold area which is easy to fog, and the reversible desiccant membrane is arranged in the heat conduction area. The heat is exported for demisting; the reversible drying agent diaphragm layer is arranged in the heat conduction area and comprises a supporting framework layer, a functional layer and active filler; the support framework layer is an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membrane with a microporous structure, the fog absorbent slurry forms a functional layer on the surface of the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membrane, and the fog absorbent slurry is embedded into the microporous structure to form active filling. According to the utility model, heat generated by electrical elements in the automobile lamp is utilized to realize moisture absorption and desorption circulation of the reversible drying agent diaphragm, so that the fogging problem of a novel flat and long and narrow belt type automobile lamp is effectively solved, the structure is simple, and the cost is low.

A charging door provided with a projection lamp and a method of controlling projection of the same, includes a base, a charging door panel, a connection member, and a projection lamp module, wherein a charging port is formed in the base, and a vehicle is charged through the charging port, the charging door panel is pivotably mounted to the base, the connection member connects the base and the charging door panel with each other, and a mounting hole is formed in the connection member, and the projection lamp module is mounted in the mounting hole of the connection member, and the projection lamp module is electrically connected to a controller to be turned on or off according to a command signal of the controller and to project light of a predetermined color, based on a command signal of the controller.

The invention discloses a reflector structure for a projection imaging lens, which comprises a reflector body, the reflector body is placed in an optical projection imaging lens with more than two lenses, and the reflector body comprises a middle light-passing area, a middle light-passing area and a middle light-passing area, so that light of the optical projection imaging lens is emitted through the middle light-passing area to become direct emergent light; the upper end of the first reflecting region is small and the lower end is large; the upper end of the second reflecting region is large and the lower end is small; the optical projection imaging lens is vertically placed, the light source or the image source is arranged below the optical projection imaging lens, and the lens is arranged above the optical projection imaging lens; the reflector body is configured to be matched with a circular projection imaging lens in rotational symmetry or a projection imaging lens in a non-rotational symmetry structure. The surface brightness and uniformity of the light-emitting surface of the projection lens are improved.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of automobile lighting, and particularly relates to a follow-up adjusting automobile lighting lamp structure which comprises a fixing seat, a mounting shell, a driving motor, a transmission mechanism, a lighting device, a gyroscope and a control circuit. The fixing base is used for being fixedly installed in an automobile lampshade, an installation position is arranged on the fixing base, and the installation shell is rotationally connected with the installation position. The lighting device is arranged in the mounting shell; the driving motor is connected with the transmission mechanism; the driving motor and the transmission mechanism are respectively connected with the fixed seat and the mounting shell; the gyroscope is independent of the mounting shell and used for being fixedly arranged in the fixing base or the lampshade. The control circuit is electrically connected with the gyroscope and the driving motor, the gyroscope is used for sensing the turning direction of the vehicle head and feeding back a signal to the control circuit, and the control circuit controls the driving motor and pushes the mounting shell to rotate through the transmission mechanism, so that the lighting device rotates along with the driving motor.

The present technology relates to a lighting control device that enables effective use of a roof light disposed along the outer periphery of a roof window of the vehicle, a lighting control method, and a vehicle. A lighting control device includes a light control unit that controls a roof light disposed along the outer periphery of a roof window of a vehicle, on the basis of at least one of a state of the vehicle, a situation around the vehicle, a situation inside the vehicle, or an operation on the vehicle. The present technology can be applied to a vehicle that has a roof window, for example.

The invention discloses an automobile lane changing auxiliary system which comprises a steering lamp operating rod assembly, an electronic control unit, a left rearview mirror module, a right rearview mirror module, a position sensor, a rearview mirror position memory module and an automobile state detection module, and the steering lamp operating rod assembly is arranged on the left side of a steering wheel and provided with a neutral position, a first gear and a second gear; the electronic control unit receives an operating rod signal and outputs a control instruction; the left rearview mirror module comprises a left rearview mirror horizontal rotation actuator and a left rearview mirror lens; the right rearview mirror module comprises a right rearview mirror horizontal rotation actuator and a right rearview mirror lens. Therefore, 0-20-degree adjustment of the rearview mirror is related to the vehicle speed, a blind area is covered at a low speed in a large angle, interference is avoided at a high speed in a small angle, risks are reduced, multi-gear linkage simplifies operation, the rearview mirror returns after being loosened, automatic centering is achieved after lane changing, distraction is reduced, navigation and a corner sensor recognize the road condition, manual reset is not needed, and adaptability is high.

A lamp for the vehicle includes a plurality of light sources arranged in a vertical direction; and a plurality of light guiding lenses respectively disposed in front of the plurality of light sources and arranged in an arrangement direction of the plurality of light sources. Each of the plurality of light guiding lenses includes: a light receiving portion to which light emitted from a corresponding light source is incident; a light emission portion disposed in front of the light receiving portion to emit the light incident from the light receiving portion; and a shield portion including an edge portion disposed at a rear focus of the light emission portion. The edge portion is configured to obstruct a portion of the light from being directed to the light emission portion, and edge portions of at least two of the plurality of light guiding lenses have different orientation angles.

The invention relates to a vehicle driving assistance method and device and a vehicle, and is applied to the field of vehicle assistance control technology application. The vehicle driving assistance method comprises the steps that when a vehicle faces a narrow road section, track collision prediction can be conducted by obtaining surrounding environment information and state parameters of the vehicle, and corresponding visual guidance information is mapped to the road surface through a projection assembly of the vehicle based on a corresponding collision prediction result so as to guide a user to conduct vehicle control. Therefore, visual and understandable visual guidance information is displayed on the road surface, a driver is helped to accurately judge the vehicle driving path, the collision risk is avoided, and the understanding and operation burden of the driver is effectively reduced.

A method for improved surroundings detection utilizing an optical sensor of a vehicle. The method includes detecting the surroundings of the vehicle and compiling a first surroundings model based on sensor data of the surroundings detecting sensor. The method also includes determining regions having low quality in the surroundings model by evaluating optical sensor data with an image evaluation device. The detectability of the regions having low quality are improved by taking a selected measure. The method also includes detecting the surroundings of the vehicle again with the optical sensor and comparing the sensor data of the optical sensor after taking the measure with the sensor data of the optical sensor prior to taking the measure. The sensor data following the measure is fused with the already existing sensor data in order to compile a second surroundings model.