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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Christopher Charles Hunt, Livonia, MI (US);
Chad Hoover, Washington, MI (US);
Doug H. Randlett, Metamora, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A lighting system of a vehicle is provided herein and includes an external lighting device, one or more sensors configured to detect an object approaching the vehicle, and a controller configured to identify the object and assess a threat level thereof based on input from the one or more sensors. If the controller determines that the object is high threat, the controller operates the external lighting device to produce an illumination sequence in the direction of the object.