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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Niedert, New Hudson, MI (US);

Christopher Berchin, Dearborn, MI (US);

Nicholas Scheufler, Flat Rock, MI (US);

Seth Goslawski, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 47/11 (2020.01); B60Q 1/32 (2006.01); B60Q 1/18 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 47/11 (2020.01); B60Q 1/18 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2603 (2013.01); B60Q 1/32 (2013.01); B60R 1/1207 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1223 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01);
Abstract

Automatic drive mode lighting systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example method can include determining when a drive mode of a vehicle is an off-road mode, determining when a speed of the vehicle is below a speed threshold, determining when a location of the vehicle corresponds to an off-road location, and automatically activating off-road lighting for the vehicle when the drive mode is in an off-road mode, the speed is below the speed threshold, and the location corresponds to an off-road location.


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