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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:
Jun. 02, 2009

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2003
Applicants:

Irving Toivo Salmeen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Ronald Hugh Miller, Saline, MI (US);

David M. Dimeo, Windsor, CA;

Gary Steven Strumolo, Beverly Hills, MI (US);

Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Sheran Anthony Alles, Livonia, MI (US);

David Anthony Wagner, Northville, MI (US);

Inventors:

Irving Toivo Salmeen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Ronald Hugh Miller, Saline, MI (US);

David M. DiMeo, Windsor, CA;

Gary Steven Strumolo, Beverly Hills, MI (US);

Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Sheran Anthony Alles, Livonia, MI (US);

David Anthony Wagner, Northville, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A vehicle safety system () includes a light source (). A beam-forming assembly () is optically coupled to the light source (). An object detection sensor () detects an object and generates an object detection signal. A controller () is coupled to the beam-forming assembly () and the object detection sensor (). The controller () adjusts illumination output of the vehicle safety system () in response to the object detection signal.


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