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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Prashant Dubey, Canton, MI (US);
LaRon Michelle Brown, Detroit, MI (US);
Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/52 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60Q 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/525 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2607 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2696 (2013.01); B60Q 1/32 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01);
Abstract
A B-pillar vehicle warning system includes a plurality of regions that can be illuminated to provide green, yellow, and red light. The warning system may be configured to utilize inputs from an autonomous driving sensing system to determine a location of a pedestrian, cyclist, vehicle, etc. relative to the vehicle. The system may be configured to illuminate specific lights in a predefined sequence based on a position of a pedestrian to alert/warn a pedestrian approaching the vehicle.