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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Zachary Joseph Bolton, Birmingham, MI (US);
Jeremy Jason McClain, Oxford, MI (US);
Tejas Bhupendra Desai, Troy, MI (US);
Stephan Wetzel, Bad Homburg, DE;
Jorg Witthaus, Darmstadt, DE;
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes a plurality of lights linearly arranged substantially around an interior perimeter of the vehicle. A controller is controllably coupled to the plurality of lights, such that the controller is operable to control the plurality of lights. A hazard detection system is communicatively coupled to the controller. The controller includes a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for causing the controller to illuminate at least one of the plurality of lights corresponding to a location of a hazard detected by the hazard detection system.