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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Sleiman N. Abdelnour, Macomb, MI (US);
Stephen Kenneth Helwig, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/32 (2006.01); F21S 8/10 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/2603 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0035 (2013.01); B60Q 1/26 (2013.01); B60Q 1/323 (2013.01); F21S 48/215 (2013.01); H05B 37/0218 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); Y02B 20/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle lighting system is provided herein and includes light-producing assemblies, each coupled to a body portion of a vehicle. At least one light-sensing device is included for sensing ambient light levels. A controller is configured to selectively activate each of the light-producing assemblies at a variable intensity as a function of a sensed ambient light level and/or a determined direction of the ambient light.