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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Norbert Fritz, Mannheim, DE;
Jürgen Hollstein, Mannheim, DE;
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); B60Q 3/80 (2017.01); B60Q 3/18 (2017.01); B60Q 3/74 (2017.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/24 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60Q 3/18 (2017.02); B60Q 3/74 (2017.02); B60Q 3/80 (2017.02); B60Q 2300/054 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/23 (2013.01);
Abstract
An adaptive lighting system of an off-road utility vehicle includes an illumination device controllable with respect to its emission characteristic or light intensity, and a control unit in communication with the illumination device. The control unit is configured to adapt the emission characteristic or light intensity level by controlling the illumination device based upon a determined gaze direction of a vehicle operator, an identified extraneous light effects, a determined relative position of an external off-road utility vehicle, or cartographic location information.