VEHICLE OBJECT DETECTION AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
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Abstract
Disclosed and described herein is a vehicle object notification system comprising a controller and a steering interface comprising a plurality of light-emitting elements controlled by the controller, each of the light-emitting elements arranged in an elongated pattern along a respective portion of the steering interface, wherein any one or more of the plurality of light-emitting elements are configured to illuminate based on information received from a vehicle including GPS (global positioning system) information, navigation information, foreign object proximity information, vehicle performance information, general warning information, course information, positioning information, and blind spot warning information.
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9. A vehicle notification system, comprising:
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a controller located onboard a vehicle, wherein the controller receives information from the vehicle, said information comprising navigation information or autonomous vehicle driving state information; and a steering interface for the vehicle, wherein the steering interface comprises one or more light-emitting elements, each of the one or more light-emitting elements arranged in an elongated pattern along a respective portion of the steering interface, wherein the controller provides a control signal to illuminate any one of the one or more light-emitting elements in an illumination pattern based on the navigation information or the autonomous vehicle driving state information received by the controller. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A vehicle notification system, comprising:
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a steering interface; one or more light-emitting elements coupled to the steering interface, each of the one or more light-emitting elements arranged in an elongated pattern along a respective portion of the steering interface; a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more light-emitting elements, said controller configured to; receive information indicative of an autonomous vehicle driving state of the vehicle; provide, to at least one of the one or more light-emitting elements coupled to the steering interface, a control signal for illuminating the at least one of the one or more light-emitting element according to an illumination pattern, the illumination pattern based on the autonomous vehicle driving state of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A vehicle notification system, comprising:
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a steering interface; one or more light-emitting elements coupled to the steering interface, each of the one or more light-emitting elements arranged in an elongated pattern along a respective portion of the steering interface; a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more light-emitting elements, said controller configured to; receive navigation information of the vehicle; provide, to at least one of the one or more light-emitting elements coupled to the steering interface, a control signal for illuminating the at least one of the one or more light-emitting element according to an illumination pattern, the illumination pattern based on the navigation information of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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Specification