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Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2019
Applicant:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventor:

Ethan Pomish, Livonia, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/1415 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60Q 1/30 (2013.01); B60K 2370/1529 (2019.05); B60K 2370/167 (2019.05); B60K 2370/349 (2019.05); B60K 2370/52 (2019.05); B60Q 2300/054 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/312 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for adaptive lights for use in a vehicle includes a headlight configured to generate light to be at least partially directed away from the vehicle to illuminate a portion of an environment of the vehicle. The system further includes a sensor configured to detect data corresponding to an environmental condition in the environment of the vehicle. The system further includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the headlight and the sensor and configured to determine the environmental condition based on the detected data and to adjust an intensity and an orientation of the light generated by the headlight based on the environmental condition.


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