Configurable vehicle solid state lighting
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle signal light assembly including;
at least one color mixing light source;
a support element configured to support the at least one color mixing light source on a vehicle as a signal light;
a user-adjustable configuration setting stored in the vehicle signal light assembly; and
a controller configured to selectively drive each color mixing light source to generate light of a selected visually perceived color based on a received control signal and the user-adjustable configuration setting stored in the vehicle signal light assembly.
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Abstract
A vehicle signal light assembly includes: at least one color mixing light source; a support element configured to support the at least one color mixing light source on a vehicle as a signal light; and a controller configured to selectively drive each color mixing light source to generate light of a selected visually perceived color based on a received control signal. In some such embodiments, each color mixing light source of the vehicle signal light assembly comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) of at least two constituent colors. In some such embodiments, the controller is configured to operate each color mixing light source of the vehicle signal light assembly using time domain multiplexing (TDM) to generate the light of the selected visually perceived color. In some such embodiments, the vehicle signal light assembly comprises a taillight assembly. In some of the embodiments, the vehicle light assembly comprises an ambient or auxiliary lighting, or a dashboard lighting assembly.
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28 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a vehicle signal light assembly including; at least one color mixing light source; a support element configured to support the at least one color mixing light source on a vehicle as a signal light; a user-adjustable configuration setting stored in the vehicle signal light assembly; and a controller configured to selectively drive each color mixing light source to generate light of a selected visually perceived color based on a received control signal and the user-adjustable configuration setting stored in the vehicle signal light assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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a vehicle signal light assembly including; at least one color mixing light source; a support element configured to support the at least one color mixing light source on a vehicle as a signal light; and a controller configured to selectively drive each color mixing light source to generate light of a selected visually perceived color based on a received control signal, wherein the controller is configured to drive at least one color mixing light source of the vehicle signal light assembly to emit visually perceived red light with a color point adjustment selected by an adjustment input; and an environmental sensor generating the adjustment input. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. An apparatus comprising:
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a vehicle signal light assembly including; at least one color mixing light source, a support element configured to support the at least one color mixing light source on a vehicle as a signal light, and a controller configured to selectively drive each color mixing light source to generate light of a selected visually perceived color based on a received control signal; wherein the controller is configured to selectively drive at least one color mixing light source of the vehicle signal light assembly to generate light of a selected visually perceived color with a color point adjusted based on a color point adjustment parameter. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A system comprising:
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a plurality of taillight optical modules for different vehicle make/models, wherein each taillight optical module includes a plurality of optical paths comprising passive optical elements; and a color mixing light source array module comprising a plurality of light source elements and an electronic controller, the color mixing light source array module being interchangeably optically coupleable with any one taillight optical module of the plurality of taillight optical modules to inject light into the optical paths of the coupled taillight optical module, the electronic controller operating the light source elements to emit light of selected visually perceived colors into the optical paths of the coupled taillight optical module.
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27. An apparatus comprising:
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a vehicle signal light assembly including; at least one color mixing light source; a support element configured to support the at least one color mixing light source on a vehicle as a signal light; and a controller configured to selectively drive each color mixing light source to generate light of a selected visually perceived color based on a received control signal, wherein the controller is configured to drive at least one color mixing light source of the vehicle signal light assembly to emit visually perceived light of the selected visually perceived color with a color point adjustment selected by an adjustment input; and an environmental sensor generating the adjustment input. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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