VEHICLE LIGHTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An apparatus for operating a lighting system of the type including one or more lighting devices disposed on an off-highway vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more input devices carried by the off-highway vehicle, each of the input devices operable to detect an operating condition of the off-highway vehicle and to generate a signal representative thereof; and
a lighting controller operatively coupled to the one or more input devices and to the lighting devices;
wherein the lighting controller is programmed to selectively power the lighting devices from an electrical power source of the off-highway vehicle based on predetermined responses to the signals from the input devices.
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for operating a lighting system of the type including one or more lighting devices disposed on an off-highway vehicle. The apparatus includes: one or more input devices, operable to detect an operating condition of the off-highway vehicle and to generate a signal thereof; and a lighting controller operatively coupled to the input devices and to the lighting devices. The lighting controller is programmed to selectively power the lighting devices from an electrical power source of the off-highway vehicle based on predetermined responses to the signals from the input devices.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus for operating a lighting system of the type including one or more lighting devices disposed on an off-highway vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more input devices carried by the off-highway vehicle, each of the input devices operable to detect an operating condition of the off-highway vehicle and to generate a signal representative thereof; and a lighting controller operatively coupled to the one or more input devices and to the lighting devices; wherein the lighting controller is programmed to selectively power the lighting devices from an electrical power source of the off-highway vehicle based on predetermined responses to the signals from the input devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for operating a consist of two or more off-highway vehicles which are mechanically coupled together, each off-highway vehicle having a lighting system including one or more lighting devices, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more input devices carried by each off-highway vehicle, each of the input devices operable to detect an operating condition of the off-highway vehicle and to generate a signal thereof; a lighting controller carried by each off-highway vehicle and operatively coupled to the input devices and to the lighting devices of that off-highway vehicle; a communications channel operable to transfer data between the lighting controllers; and designation apparatus operable to designate one of the off-highway vehicles as a lead unit and the remaining off-highway vehicles as trailing units; wherein each of the lighting controllers is programmed to selectively power the lighting devices of the associated off-highway vehicle from an electrical power source of the off-highway vehicle based on predetermined responses to the signals from the input devices of the lead unit which are transmitted over the communications channel from the lighting controller of the lead unit to the remaining lighting controllers in the consist. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for operating a lighting system of the type including one or more lighting devices disposed on an off-highway vehicle, the method comprising:
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using one or more input devices disposed on the off-highway vehicle to generate one or more signals indicative of respective operating conditions of the off-highway vehicle; receiving the signals at a lighting controller operatively coupled to the lighting devices; and using the lighting controller, coupling the lighting devices to the electrical power source based on predetermined responses to the signals from the input devices. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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