SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES WITH LIGHTING CONTROL
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Abstract
An autonomous vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle comprises a chassis, two or more drive wheels extending below the chassis, a drive motor housed within the chassis for driving the drive wheels, and a payload surface on top of the chassis for carrying a payload. An illumination system, for emitting light from at least one portion of the chassis, is mounted substantially around the entire perimeter of the chassis. The illumination system may be implemented using an array of light-emitting diodes (“LEDs”) that are arranged as segments. For example, there may be “headlight” segments on the front left and front right corners of the chassis.
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38 Claims
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21. An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
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a chassis; two or more drive wheels extending below the chassis; a drive motor housed within the chassis for driving the drive wheels; an illumination system for emitting light from at least a portion of the chassis; a memory storing a plurality of lighting pattern definitions; and a processor operable to; receive state data defining a current state of the autonomous vehicle; select a lighting pattern of the plurality of lighting patterns based on the state data; and control the illumination system according to the selected lighting pattern definition. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for controlling an illumination system for an autonomous vehicle, the system comprising:
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a memory storing a plurality of lighting pattern definitions; a processor in communication with the memory and the illumination system, the processor is operable to; receive state data defining a current state of the autonomous vehicle; select a lighting pattern of the plurality of lighting patterns based on the state data; and control the illumination system according to the selected lighting pattern definition. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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