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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rajarshi Roychowdhury, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
Aed M. Dudar, Canton, MI (US);
Mark Eifert, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01);
Abstract
Dimmable external vehicle lighting and methods of use are provided herein. An example method includes determining environmental light intensity around a vehicle, determining a luminance of an external light of the vehicle, determining a difference in magnitude between the environmental light intensity and the luminance of the external light, and selectively adjusting the luminance of the external light based on the difference.