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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for external vehicle illumination management are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving, at a first processor of a mobile device, vehicle data. The vehicle data is to be transmitted to the first processor from a second processor of a vehicle. The example method includes analyzing the vehicle data and mobile device data generated by the mobile device. The example method includes generating an alert for headlamp usage of the vehicle based on the analysis and presenting the alert via the mobile device.