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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Inventors:
James McKnight, Champaign, IL (US);
David Bumpus, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60Q 1/44 (2006.01); B60Q 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/525 (2013.01); B60Q 1/44 (2013.01); B60Q 1/46 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic control unit (ECU) is disclosed. The ECU may receive a command associated with a vehicle. The ECU may actuate one or more lights on the vehicle in a first mode based on receiving the command. The ECU may transmit, while actuating the one or more lights in the first mode, the command to a vehicle controller associated with the vehicle. The ECU may actuate the one or more lights in a second mode based on receiving an acknowledgement of the command from the vehicle controller.