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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, White Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); A61G 3/06 (2006.01); A61G 3/08 (2006.01); A61G 3/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); G01S 7/51 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 3/062 (2013.01); A61G 3/02 (2013.01); A61G 3/0209 (2013.01); A61G 3/061 (2013.01); A61G 3/0808 (2013.01); B60Q 1/24 (2013.01); G01S 7/51 (2013.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01); A61G 3/067 (2016.11);
Abstract
A system for a vehicle includes a LIDAR sensor attachable to the vehicle and a puddle lamp fixed relative to the LIDAR sensor and oriented to project a light projection downward beside the vehicle. A computer may be in communication with the LIDAR sensor and the puddle lamp and programmed to actuate the puddle lamp in response to receiving data generated by the LIDAR sensor indicating a user positioned within a threshold distance of the vehicle.