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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mario Alejandro Adams-Campos, Ferndale, MI (US);
Elias Ruiz, Atizapan, MX;
Gregory S. Hawkins, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Kelley Maria Adams-Campos, Ferndale, MI (US);
Alejandro Becerra, Cuautitlan Izcalli, MX;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
This disclosure is directed to systems and methods for automatically controlling various lights of a vehicle. The systems and methods are configured to determine whether a vehicle is being driven off-road or on a public road, determine a first light activation condition that is based on whether the vehicle is being driven off-road or on the public road, and execute a vehicle lights control procedure to grant to a driver of the vehicle on-off control of a first light in the vehicle based on the first light activation condition and to withdraw grant of the on-off control of the first light based on a second light activation condition.