User-defined vehicle exterior light show control system and control method

Abstract

The invention discloses a user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system and control method, and the system is characterized in that a cloud management platform is used for a user to edit a vehicle exterior light show control instruction, and transmits the edited instruction to a vehicle gateway; the gateway sends the received out-of-vehicle light show control instruction to the BCM; the BCM receives the out-of-vehicle light show mode instruction and a vehicle unlocking and locking signal sent by the remote control key, sends a corresponding out-of-vehicle light show control instruction to a lamp controller of each execution lamp according to the vehicle unlocking and locking signal, and supplies power to the execution lamps; and the lamp controller of each execution lamp receives the unlocking and locking signal sent by the BCM and the specific control parameters of the lamp under the corresponding vehicle exterior light show control instruction, and drives the lamp to respond to the action according to the specific control parameters. A user can freely define various light show modes for unlocking and locking the vehicle according to personal preferences, hardware cost is not increased, the experience feeling of the user is greatly improved, human-vehicle interaction is enhanced, and the science and technology feeling of the vehicle is manifested.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of vehicle lighting control, and in particular relates to a user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system and control method. Background Art

[0002] With the continuous development of modern automobile technology, LED light sources have been widely used in automobile lamps. Major OEMs have also increased their investment and focused on how to improve the charm and highlights of lamps. At present, most of them have added unlocking and locking light show functions.

[0003] The conventional light show functions are as follows:

[0004] 1. Only the turn signal lights flash, for example, they flash twice when unlocking and once when locking;

[0005] 2. In addition to the flashing of the turn signal lamp, some other functional lamps are also involved in unlocking and locking, but the unlocking and locking are displayed in the same light show mode pre-designed by the factory;

[0006] 3. Unlocking and locking are different light show modes pre-designed at the factory;

[0007] 4. Preset certain fixed light show modes on the big screen.

[0008] The above light show modes are all fixed modes pre-designed in the early stage of design. Users cannot create freely and cannot arbitrarily define unlocking and locking light show modes according to their own habits and preferences. Users do not have a strong sense of participation and cannot truly achieve human-vehicle interaction. Summary of the invention

[0009] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems existing in the prior art, the present invention provides a user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system and control method, by which users can freely define a variety of light show modes for unlocking and locking the vehicle according to personal preferences without increasing hardware costs, thereby greatly improving the user experience, enhancing human-vehicle interaction, highlighting the vehicle's sense of technology, and improving the quality of the entire vehicle.

[0010] The objective of the present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions:

[0011] As a first aspect of the present invention, a user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system is provided, comprising:

[0012] The cloud management platform is used for users to edit the control commands of the exterior light show and send the edited commands to the vehicle gateway;

[0013] The gateway sends the received exterior light show control commands to the BCM;

[0014] BCM is connected to GW, vehicle remote control key, lamps and lamp controllers at the same time; BCM receives the vehicle exterior light show mode command and the vehicle unlocking signal sent by the remote control key, sends the corresponding vehicle exterior light show control command to the lamp controller of each executing lamp according to the vehicle unlocking signal, and supplies power to the executing lamp. The power supply time is based on the time set by the vehicle exterior light show control command;

[0015] A vehicle remote control key, which is connected to the BCM via a vehicle antenna and sends a vehicle unlocking signal to the BCM;

[0016] The lamp controller of each lamp receives the unlocking signal from the BCM and the specific control parameters of the lamp under the corresponding external light show control command, and drives the lamp to respond according to the specific control parameters;

[0017] The executive lamps are connected to their respective lamp controllers through hard wires. When powered by the BCM, they respond to actions according to the specific control parameters of the lamp controller.

[0018] Furthermore, the cloud management platform sends the exterior light show control instructions to the gateway via the in-vehicle interconnection terminal assembly.

[0019] Furthermore, it also includes a TSP platform, which is connected to the cloud management platform through the S4 / 5G network. The TSP platform receives the external light show control instructions sent by the cloud management platform, and sends the instructions to the T-BOX through the 4G / 5G network according to the vehicle-cloud protocol.

[0020] Furthermore, the cloud management platform includes:

[0021] An editing mode selection module is used to select an exterior vehicle light show editing mode, including an unlocked welcoming guest editing mode, a locked seeing off guest editing mode, and an unlocked welcoming / seeing off guest editing mode;

[0022] The lighting library is used to provide various external lighting fixtures included in the vehicle for users to select when editing the settings of the exterior light show;

[0023] The execution lamp designation module is used by the user to select the execution lamps that participate in editing in the corresponding exterior light show mode in the lamp library;

[0024] The module for defining the lighting mode and lighting direction of the execution lamps is used to edit and define the lighting mode and lighting direction of each lamp for the specified execution lamps;

[0025] An execution lamp lighting time setting module is used to set the lighting time of each execution lamp;

[0026] The execution lamp lighting sequence setting module is used to set the lighting sequence of each execution lamp;

[0027] A preview module is used to preview the exterior light show edited and set by the user in the form of a model animation;

[0028] The storage and communication module is used to save and / or send the user-edited and set exterior light show control instructions to the vehicle end.

[0029] Furthermore, in the editing mode selection module, in the unlocked welcoming editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked welcoming mode will be performed separately; in the locked seeing off editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the locked seeing off mode will be performed separately; in the unlocked welcoming / seeing off editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked welcoming or locked seeing off mode will be performed, and the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked and locked modes are the same.

[0030] Furthermore, the lamp library includes rear turn signals, rear position signals, brake signals, reversing signals, rear fog signals, front position signals, front turn signals, low beam signals, high beam signals, daytime running signals, front logo signals, and rear logo signals; each lamp includes at least one LED light-emitting area.

[0031] Furthermore, in the module for defining the execution of lamp lighting forms and lighting directions, the lighting forms include lighting, off, gradually lighting, gradually off, intermittent lighting, intermittent off, timed lighting, and rolling lighting; the lighting directions include from inside the vehicle to outside the vehicle and from outside the vehicle to inside the vehicle.

[0032] Furthermore, in the module for setting the lighting sequence of lamps, the lighting sequence includes serial and parallel.

[0033] As a second aspect of the present invention, a user-defined vehicle exterior light show control method is provided, which is implemented by the vehicle exterior light show control system of the present invention, and the control method comprises the following steps:

[0034] S1. Determine the light show editing mode in the cloud management platform, including unlocking the welcoming editing mode, locking the seeing-off editing mode, and unlocking the welcoming / seeing-off editing mode;

[0035] S2. Specify the execution lamps participating in the outdoor light show: After determining the light show editing mode in step S1, the user selects the execution lamps participating in the light show in the lamp library of the cloud management platform;

[0036] S3. Define the lighting form and lighting direction of each lamp: The user edits and defines the lighting form and lighting direction of each lamp specified in step S2;

[0037] S4. Set the lighting time setting module for each execution lamp;

[0038] S5. Set the lighting order of each execution lamp;

[0039] S6. Light show effect preview: preview the exterior light show edited and set by the user in the form of vehicle model animation on the cloud management platform;

[0040] S7. Save the specific control instructions of the exterior light show edited and set by the user and send them to the vehicle GW;

[0041] S8.BCM receives the vehicle exterior light show control command and the vehicle unlocking signal sent by the remote control key, sends the corresponding vehicle exterior light show control command to the lamp controller of each execution lamp according to the vehicle unlocking signal, and supplies power to the execution lamp;

[0042] S9. The lamp controller of each executing lamp drives the lamp to respond according to the specific control instruction.

[0043] Furthermore, in step S1, in the unlocked welcoming editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked welcoming mode will be performed separately; in the locked seeing off editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the locked seeing off mode will be performed separately; in the unlocked welcoming / seeing off editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked welcoming or locked seeing off mode will be performed, and the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked and locked modes are the same.

[0044] The present invention has the following advantages:

[0045] The present invention provides a user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system and control method. Users can arbitrarily define the executive lamps participating in the light show when the vehicle is unlocked and locked according to their own habits and preferences, such as rear position lights, brake lights, reversing lights, rear fog lights, front position lights, low beam lights, high beam lights, daytime running lights, etc. in addition to turn signals; the number of executive lamps participating in the light show can also be arbitrarily defined, which can include one executive lamp or a combination of multiple executive lamps; the lighting form, lighting direction, lighting sequence and lighting time of each executive lamp can also be arbitrarily defined. In this way, users can freely create a variety of light show modes without increasing hardware costs, greatly improving the user experience, enhancing human-vehicle interaction, highlighting the technological sense of the vehicle, and improving the quality of the entire vehicle. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0046] In order to more clearly illustrate the specific implementation of the present invention or the technical solution in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the specific implementation or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below.

[0047] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the composition of a user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

[0048] Figure 2A flow chart of a user-defined vehicle exterior light show control method according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

[0049] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the vehicle taillight structure used in Example 2 of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0050] The technical solution of the present invention will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0051] Example 1

[0052] like Figure 1 As shown, this embodiment is a user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system, including:

[0053] Cloud management platform (APP), for users to edit the control commands of the exterior light show and send the edited commands to the TSP platform;

[0054] The TSP platform is connected to the cloud management platform via the S4 / 5G network. The TSP platform receives the vehicle exterior light show control instructions sent by the cloud management platform and sends the instructions to the T-BOX via the 4G / 5G network in accordance with the vehicle-cloud protocol;

[0055] T-BOX (vehicle interconnection terminal assembly), which receives instructions from TSP and transmits the instructions to GW;

[0056] GW (gateway), which is connected to T-BOX through the vehicle CAN bus and sends the received exterior light show control instructions to BCM;

[0057] BCM (body control unit) is connected to GW, vehicle remote control key, lamps and lamp controllers at the same time; BCM receives the vehicle exterior light show mode command and the vehicle unlocking signal from the remote control key, sends the corresponding vehicle exterior light show control command to the lamp controller of each executing lamp according to the vehicle unlocking signal, and supplies power to the executing lamp. The power supply time is based on the time set by the vehicle exterior light show control command;

[0058] A vehicle remote control key, which is connected to the BCM via a vehicle antenna and sends a vehicle unlocking signal to the BCM;

[0059] Lamp controllers, each lamp controller is connected to the BCM via a CAN bus, receives an unlocking signal from the BCM and specific control parameters of the lamp under the corresponding exterior light show control command, and drives the lamp to respond according to the specific control parameters;

[0060] The executive lamps are connected to their respective lamp controllers through hard wires. When powered by the BCM, they respond to actions according to the specific control parameters of the lamp controller.

[0061] Furthermore, the cloud management platform includes:

[0062] The editing mode selection module is used to select the editing mode of the exterior light show, including the unlocked welcoming editing mode, the locked seeing-off editing mode and the unlocked welcoming / seeing-off editing mode; wherein, in the unlocked welcoming editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked welcoming mode will be performed separately; in the locked seeing-off editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the locked seeing-off mode will be performed separately; in the unlocked welcoming / seeing-off editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked welcoming or locked seeing-off mode will be performed, and the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked and locked modes are the same.

[0063] The lamp library is used to provide various external lamps included in the vehicle for users to choose when editing the settings of the exterior light show. For example, rear turn signals, rear position signals, brake signals, reversing signals, rear fog signals, front position signals, front turn signals, low beam signals, high beam signals, daytime running signals, etc. In addition, other lamps such as front logo lights and rear logo lights can also be added; each lamp can have 2 or only 1; each single lamp can have only 1 LED light-emitting area or multiple LED light-emitting areas, depending on the actual vehicle.

[0064] The execution lamp designation module is used by the user to select the execution lamps that participate in the editing in the corresponding vehicle exterior light show mode in the lamp library. The user can select one or one group of lamps, or select multiple or multiple groups of lamps to participate in the light show at the same time, such as selecting front position lamp-left zone 1, front position lamp-left zone 2, front position lamp-right zone 1, front position lamp-right zone 2, etc.

[0065] The execution lamp lighting form and lighting direction definition module is used to edit and define the lighting form and lighting direction of each lamp for the specified execution lamp. The lighting forms include: lighting, off, gradual lighting, gradual off, interval lighting, interval off, timed lighting, rolling lighting, etc.; the lighting directions include from inside the car to outside the car, from outside the car to inside the car, etc.

[0066] The execution lamp lighting time setting module is used to set the lighting time of each execution lamp. The lighting time setting range is 0.1s-2.0s, with an accuracy of 0.1s. The total lighting time of a single-side turn signal is 400ms. The total time for welcoming / seeing off guests should not be too long. It is limited to no more than 10s. If it exceeds 10s, an error will be prompted and the user needs to re-edit.

[0067] The execution lamp lighting sequence setting module is used to set the lighting sequence of each execution lamp. The lighting sequence can be serial or parallel.

[0068] The preview module is used to preview the exterior light show edited and set by the user in the form of a model animation, so that the user can confirm whether the welcoming / seeing-off mode meets the user's needs. If not satisfied, the user can re-edit it.

[0069] The storage and communication module is used to save and / or send the user-edited and set exterior light show control instructions to the vehicle end.

[0070] Example 2

[0071] This embodiment is a user-defined vehicle exterior light show control method, which is implemented by the control system described in Example 1. Figure 2 As shown, the following steps are included:

[0072] S1. Determine the light show editing mode in the cloud management platform, including the unlocked welcoming editing mode, the locked seeing-off editing mode and the unlocked welcoming / seeing-off editing mode; wherein, in the unlocked welcoming editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked welcoming mode will be performed separately; in the locked seeing-off editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the locked seeing-off mode will be performed separately; in the unlocked welcoming / seeing-off editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked welcoming or locked seeing-off mode will be performed, and the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked and locked modes are the same.

[0073] S2. Specify the executive lamps participating in the exterior light show: After determining the light show editing mode in step S1, the user selects the executive lamps participating in the light show in the lamp library of the cloud management platform; the user can select one or one group of lamps, or select multiple or multiple groups of lamps to participate in the light show at the same time, for example, select front position lights - left zone 1, front position lights - left zone 2, front position lights - right zone 1, front position lights - right zone 2, etc.

[0074] S3. Define the lighting mode and lighting direction of each execution lamp: The user edits and defines the lighting mode and lighting direction of each lamp specified in step S2. The lighting modes include: lighting, extinguishing, gradually lighting, gradually extinguishing, interval lighting, interval extinguishing, timed lighting, rolling lighting, etc.; the lighting directions include from inside the car to outside the car, from outside the car to inside the car, etc.

[0075] S4. Set the lighting time setting module of each executive lamp; the lighting time setting range is 0.1s-2.0s, with an accuracy of 0.1s. The total lighting time of a single-side turn signal is 400ms. The total time for welcoming / seeing off guests should not be too long, which is limited to no more than 10s. If it exceeds 10s, an error will be prompted and the user needs to re-edit.

[0076] S5. Set the lighting sequence of each execution lamp; the lighting sequence can be serial or parallel.

[0077] S6. Light show effect preview: In the cloud management platform, the vehicle model animation is used to preview the exterior light show after the user edits and sets it, so that the user can confirm whether the welcoming / seeing-off mode meets the user's needs. If not satisfied, it can be re-edited.

[0078] S7. Save the specific control instructions of the exterior light show edited and set by the user and send them to the vehicle GW;

[0079] S8.BCM receives the vehicle exterior light show control command and the vehicle unlocking signal sent by the remote control key, sends the corresponding vehicle exterior light show control command to the lamp controller of each execution lamp according to the vehicle unlocking signal, and supplies power to the execution lamp;

[0080] S9. The lamp controller of each executing lamp drives the lamp to respond according to the specific control instruction.

[0081] In this embodiment, the rear taillight is taken as an example to further illustrate the process of a user editing and setting a customized exterior vehicle light show through a cloud management platform:

[0082] like Figure 3As shown, the rear taillight includes a side taillight left side A, a back door taillight left side B, a side taillight right side C, and a back door taillight right side D. The side taillight left side A includes a No. 1 rear position light left side area 101, a No. 1 brake light left side area 102, and a No. 1 rear turn light left side area 103, the back door taillight left side B includes a No. 2 rear position light left side area 201, a No. 2 brake light left side area 202, and a No. 2 rear turn light left side area 203, the side taillight right side C includes a No. 1 rear position light right side area 301, a No. 1 brake light right side area 302, and a No. 1 rear turn light right side area 303, and the back door taillight right side D includes a No. 2 rear position light right side area 401, a No. 2 brake light right side area 402, and a No. 2 rear turn light right side area 403. Each function is LED light source, 32 LEDs each in the left area 101 of the No. 1 rear position light and the right area 301 of the No. 1 rear position light, 4 LEDs each in the left area 102 of the No. 1 brake light and the right area 302 of the No. 1 brake light, 6 LEDs each in the left area 103 of the No. 1 rear turn light and the right area 303 of the No. 1 rear turn light, 58 LEDs each in the left area 201 of the No. 2 rear position light and the right area 401 of the No. 2 rear position light, 10 LEDs each in the left area 202 of the No. 2 brake light and the right area 402 of the No. 2 brake light, 18 LEDs each in the left area 203 of the No. 2 rear turn light and the right area 403 of the No. 2 rear turn light.

[0083] (1) Define unlocking or locking for welcoming / seeing off guests: Log in to the cloud app, click “Unlocking / locking for welcoming / seeing off guests mode settings”, and select “Unlocking for welcoming guests”.

[0084] (2) Define the participating executive lamps: In the setting interface, select "Rear Tail Light" in the lamp group module, and define the participating executive lamps as the left area 101 of the No. 1 rear position lamp, the left area 102 of the No. 1 brake lamp, and the left area 103 of the No. 1 rear turn lamp on the left side A of the side tail lamp; the left area 201 of the No. 2 rear position lamp, the left area 202 of the No. 2 brake lamp, and the left area 203 of the No. 2 rear turn lamp on the left side B of the tailgate tail lamp; the right area 301 of the No. 1 rear position lamp, the right area 302 of the No. 1 brake lamp, and the right area 303 of the No. 1 rear turn lamp on the right side C of the side tail lamp; and the right area 401 of the No. 2 rear position lamp, the right area 402 of the No. 2 brake lamp, and the right area 403 of the No. 2 rear turn lamp on the right side D of the tailgate tail lamp.

[0085] (3) Define the lighting mode and lighting direction of each executive lamp: Define the lighting mode of the left area 101 of the No. 1 rear position lamp, the left area 201 of the No. 2 rear position lamp, the right area 301 of the No. 1 rear position lamp, and the right area 401 of the No. 2 rear position lamp as sequential lighting + constant lighting + gradual extinguishing, and the lighting direction is from the inside of the vehicle to the outside of the vehicle. Define the lighting mode of the left area 102 of the No. 1 brake lamp, the left area 202 of the No. 2 brake lamp, the right area 302 of the No. 1 brake lamp, and the right area 402 of the No. 2 brake lamp as rolling lighting + sequential lighting + constant lighting + gradual extinguishing, and the lighting direction is first from the outside of the vehicle to the inside of the vehicle, and then from the inside of the vehicle to the outside of the vehicle. Define the lighting mode of the left area 103 of the No. 1 rear turn signal lamp, the left area 203 of the No. 2 rear turn signal lamp, the right area 303 of the No. 1 rear turn signal lamp, and the right area 403 of the No. 2 rear turn signal lamp as sequential lighting + constant lighting + extinguishing, twice, and the lighting direction is from the inside of the vehicle to the outside of the vehicle.

[0086] (4) Define the lighting time of each executive lamp: The user can define the lighting time of the left area 103 of the No. 1 rear turn signal lamp and the right area 303 of the No. 1 rear turn signal lamp as sequential lighting of 50ms, constant lighting of 200ms, and off of 400ms; define the lighting time of the left area 203 of the No. 2 rear turn signal lamp and the right area 403 of the No. 2 rear turn signal lamp as sequential lighting of 150ms, constant lighting of 250ms, and off of 400ms; define the lighting time of the left area 101 of the No. 1 rear position light lamp and the right area 301 of the No. 1 rear position light lamp as sequential lighting of 1.6s, constant lighting of 3.3s, and off of 400ms. The lighting time of the left area 201 of the No. 2 rear position light and the right area 401 of the No. 2 rear position light is defined as sequential lighting for 2.9s, constant lighting for 4.9s, and gradual extinguishing for 0.5s; the lighting time of the left area 102 of the No. 1 brake light and the right area 302 of the No. 1 brake light is defined as rolling lighting for 0.4s, sequential lighting for 0.4s, constant lighting for 0.5s, and gradual extinguishing for 0.5s; the lighting time of the left area 202 of the No. 2 brake light and the right area 402 of the No. 2 brake light is defined as rolling lighting for 1s, sequential lighting for 1s, constant lighting for 0.9s, and gradual extinguishing for 0.5s. At this point, the unlocking welcome time of the rear tail light has been defined, a total of 9.9s.

[0087] (5) Define the lighting order of each executive lamp: define the left area 203 of the second rear turn signal lamp, the right area 403 of the second rear turn signal lamp → the left area 103 of the first rear turn signal lamp, the right area 303 of the first rear turn signal lamp → the left area 203 of the second rear turn signal lamp, the right area 403 of the second rear turn signal lamp → the left area 103 of the first rear turn signal lamp, the right area 303 of the first rear turn signal lamp → the left area 201 of the second rear position signal lamp, the right area 401 of the second rear position signal lamp → the left area 101 of the first rear position signal lamp, the right area 301 of the first rear position signal lamp → the left area 202 of the second brake signal lamp, the right area 402 of the second brake signal lamp → the left area 102 of the first brake signal lamp, the right area 302 of the first brake signal lamp. At this point, the unlocking welcome mode of the rear tail light has been defined by self-editing.

[0088] (6) Preview: Click "3D Effect Preview" to preview the unlocking welcome mode you have edited. If you are satisfied, you can select "Save and Send". If you want to continue to modify and edit, you can select "Return to Edit".

[0089] (7) Save and send to TSP platform: Click "Save and send" to send the self-edited unlocking and welcoming instructions to the TSP platform.

[0090] The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in detail above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the specific details in the above embodiments. Within the technical concept of the present invention, a variety of simple modifications can be made to the technical solution of the present invention, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

[0091] It should also be noted that the various specific technical features described in the above specific embodiments can be combined in any suitable manner without contradiction. In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, the present invention will not further describe various possible combinations.

[0092] In addition, various embodiments of the present invention may be arbitrarily combined, and as long as they do not violate the concept of the present invention, they should also be regarded as the contents disclosed by the present invention.

Claims

1. A user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system, characterized in that: include: The cloud management platform is used for users to edit the control commands of the exterior light show and send the edited commands to the vehicle gateway; The gateway sends the received exterior light show control commands to the BCM; BCM is connected to GW, vehicle remote control key, lamps and lamp controllers at the same time; BCM receives the vehicle exterior light show mode command and the vehicle unlocking signal sent by the remote control key, sends the corresponding vehicle exterior light show control command to the lamp controller of each executing lamp according to the vehicle unlocking signal, and supplies power to the executing lamp; A vehicle remote control key, which is connected to the BCM via a vehicle antenna and sends a vehicle unlocking signal to the BCM; The lamp controller of each lamp receives the unlocking signal from the BCM and the specific control parameters of the lamp under the corresponding external light show control command, and drives the lamp to respond according to the specific control parameters; The executive lamps are connected to their respective lamp controllers through hard wires. When powered by the BCM, they respond to actions according to the specific control parameters of the lamp controller.

2. A user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The cloud management platform sends the exterior light show control instructions to the gateway via the in-vehicle interconnection terminal assembly.

3. A user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: It also includes a TSP platform, which is connected to the cloud management platform through the S4 / 5G network. The TSP platform receives the exterior light show control instructions sent by the cloud management platform, and sends the instructions to the T-BOX through the 4G / 5G network in accordance with the vehicle-cloud protocol.

4. A user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The cloud management platform includes: An editing mode selection module is used to select an exterior vehicle light show editing mode, including an unlocked welcoming guest editing mode, a locked seeing off guest editing mode, and an unlocked welcoming / seeing off guest editing mode; The lighting library is used to provide various external lighting fixtures included in the vehicle for users to select when editing the settings of the exterior light show; The execution lamp designation module is used by the user to select the execution lamps that participate in editing in the corresponding exterior light show mode in the lamp library; The module for defining the lighting mode and lighting direction of the execution lamps is used to edit and define the lighting mode and lighting direction of each lamp for the specified execution lamps; An execution lamp lighting time setting module is used to set the lighting time of each execution lamp; The execution lamp lighting sequence setting module is used to set the lighting sequence of each execution lamp; A preview module is used to preview the exterior light show edited and set by the user in the form of a model animation; The storage and communication module is used to save and / or send the user-edited and set exterior light show control instructions to the vehicle end.

5. A user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that: In the editing mode selection module, in the unlocked welcoming editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked welcoming mode will be performed separately; in the locked seeing off editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the locked seeing off mode will be performed separately; in the unlocked welcoming / seeing off editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked welcoming or locked seeing off mode will be performed, and the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked and locked modes are the same.

6. A user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that: The lamp library includes rear turn signals, rear position signals, brake signals, reversing signals, rear fog signals, front position signals, front turn signals, low beam signals, high beam signals, daytime running signals, front logo signals, and rear logo signals; each lamp includes at least one LED light-emitting area.

7. A user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that: In the module for defining the execution of lamp lighting forms and lighting directions, the lighting forms include lighting, off, gradually lighting, gradually off, intermittent lighting, intermittent off, timed lighting, and rolling lighting; the lighting directions include from inside the vehicle to outside the vehicle and from outside the vehicle to inside the vehicle.

8. A user-defined vehicle exterior light show control system as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that: In the module for setting the lighting sequence of lamps, the lighting sequence includes serial and parallel.

9. A user-defined vehicle exterior light show control method, which is implemented by the vehicle exterior light show control system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The control method comprises the following steps: S1. Determine the light show editing mode in the cloud management platform, including unlocking the welcoming editing mode, locking the seeing-off editing mode, and unlocking the welcoming / seeing-off editing mode; S2. Specify the execution lamps participating in the outdoor light show: After determining the light show editing mode in step S1, the user selects the execution lamps participating in the light show in the lamp library of the cloud management platform; S3. Define the lighting form and lighting direction of each lamp: The user edits and defines the lighting form and lighting direction of each lamp specified in step S2; S4. Set the lighting time setting module for each execution lamp; S5. Set the lighting order of each execution lamp; S6. Light show effect preview: preview the exterior light show edited and set by the user in the form of vehicle model animation on the cloud management platform; S7. Save the specific control instructions of the exterior light show edited and set by the user and send them to the vehicle GW; S8.BCM receives the vehicle exterior light show control command and the vehicle unlocking signal sent by the remote control key, sends the corresponding vehicle exterior light show control command to the lamp controller of each execution lamp according to the vehicle unlocking signal, and supplies power to the execution lamp; S9. The lamp controller of each executing lamp drives the lamp to respond according to the specific control instruction.

10. A user-defined vehicle exterior light show control method as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that: In the step S1, in the unlocked welcoming editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked welcoming mode will be performed separately; in the locked seeing off editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the locked seeing off mode will be performed separately; in the unlocked welcoming / seeing off editing mode, the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked welcoming or locked seeing off mode will be performed, and the editing settings of the exterior light show in the unlocked and locked modes are the same.

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