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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Clarisse Mazuir, San Jose, CA (US);
Arthur Y. Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Albert J. Golko, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bivin J. Varghese, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher P. Child, Cupertino, CA (US);
Collin J. Palmer, San Mateo, CA (US);
Daniel E. Potter, San Jose, CA (US);
Thaddeus Stefanov-Wagner, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle may have vehicle controls that are used in steering, braking, and accelerating the vehicle. The vehicle may have sensors that gather information on vehicle speed, orientation, and position. The sensors may also gather information on relative speed between the vehicle and a following vehicle, information on risks of a collision between a vehicle and an external object, and other vehicle status information and vehicle operating environment information. Control circuitry may use light-based devices to display braking information, information on vehicle speed, the relative speed between a vehicle and a following vehicle, autonomous driving mode status information, custom brake light information or other user-selected information, or other information on vehicle status and the operating environment of a vehicle.