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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2018
Smr Patents S.à.r.l., Luxembourg, LU;
Daniel Fritz, Stuttgart, DE;
Ilka Rötzer, Stuttgart, DE;
Eugen Meier, Stuttgart, DE;
Oliver Schmidt, Stuttgart, DE;
Romeo Wieczorek, Stuttgart, DE;
Andrea König, Stuttgart, DE;
Peter Hein, Stuttgart, DE;
Alexandru Dobrete, Stuttgart, DE;
Andreas Herrmann, Stuttgart, DE;
Adam Di Fiore, Stuttgart, DE;
Phillip McKenzie, Stuttgart, DE;
Marco Cid, Stuttgart, DE;
Simon Belcher, Stuttgart, DE;
Reinhold Langbein, Stuttgart, DE;
SMR Patents S.à.r.l., Luxembourg, LU;
Abstract
An exterior rearview system for an autonomous vehicle includes a housing adapted for mounting to an exterior side of a vehicle, the housing holding at least one of a reflective element or display screen for displaying to a driver a rear or side image of the vehicle, one or more lighting modules disposed in the housing and providing an adaptive lighting sector which is adaptively controlled, and a control system configured to receive input data related to at least one of a user's intention using a tracking sensor and a user's retaking control of the autonomous vehicle.