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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Jeffrey Singer, Plymouth, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Arun Kumar, Farmington Hill, 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); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); B60Q 3/82 (2017.01); B60Q 3/74 (2017.01); B60Q 3/68 (2017.01); B60Q 3/80 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); B60Q 3/68 (2017.02); B60Q 3/74 (2017.02); B60Q 3/80 (2017.02); B60Q 3/82 (2017.02); H05B 37/0218 (2013.01); Y02B 20/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, a light assembly of a vehicle is provided herein. The light assembly includes an array of light sources and a plurality of light-directing elements, each configured to direct light received from the light sources in an associated direction. A sensor arrangement is configured to sense a user-supplied action and a controller determines which light sources to activate in response to the sensed user-supplied action.