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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kadin Zhang, Nanjing, CN;
Yong Zheng, Nanjing, CN;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/22 (2006.01); B60R 21/0132 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/32 (2006.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); B60R 21/0134 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0132 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2692 (2013.01); B60Q 1/32 (2013.01); B60Q 1/525 (2013.01); B60R 16/02 (2013.01); B60R 21/0134 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one or more embodiments, a door-opening alert system of a vehicle includes a light-emitting unit to be connected and at least partially external to the vehicle at a light-emitting position, a sensing unit to signal a door-opening event at the vehicle, and a control unit to communicate between the sensing unit and the light-emitting unit such that the light-emitting unit is to emit a light pattern indicative of a dimension of a side door of the vehicle.