System and method for vehicle ambient lighting
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1. A vehicle ambient lighting color selection system comprising:
- a camera having an image sensor and an image processor, wherein the image sensor captures image color information from a colored surface forming a user defined ambient lighting color selectionand the image processor operably connected to the image sensor for receiving the image color information and creating red, green, blue (RGB) color values representing the color of the colored surface;
a controller having a processor operably connected to the image processor for generating a light emitting diode (LED) activation scheme using the RGB color values;
a plurality of a red, green, blue (RGB) LEDs; and
an LED driver connected to the controller for activating the plurality of RGB LEDs in accordance with the LED activation scheme to produce vehicle ambient lighting having a color matching the user defined ambient lighting color selection.
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Abstract
A vehicle ambient lighting system enables a user to define a personalized ambient lighting color. The ambient lighting system includes a camera capturing image color information from a colored surface forming the user defined ambient lighting color selection. An image processor creates RGB color values representing the color of the colored surface and a generates an LED activation scheme using the RGB color values. A plurality of RGB LEDs are activated in accordance with the LED activation scheme to produce vehicle ambient lighting having a color matching the user defined ambient lighting color selection.
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1. A vehicle ambient lighting color selection system comprising:
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a camera having an image sensor and an image processor, wherein the image sensor captures image color information from a colored surface forming a user defined ambient lighting color selection and the image processor operably connected to the image sensor for receiving the image color information and creating red, green, blue (RGB) color values representing the color of the colored surface; a controller having a processor operably connected to the image processor for generating a light emitting diode (LED) activation scheme using the RGB color values; a plurality of a red, green, blue (RGB) LEDs; and an LED driver connected to the controller for activating the plurality of RGB LEDs in accordance with the LED activation scheme to produce vehicle ambient lighting having a color matching the user defined ambient lighting color selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A vehicle ambient lighting color selection system comprising:
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a camera having an image sensor capturing image color information from a colored surface forming a user defined ambient lighting color selection; an image processor operably connected to the image sensor for receiving the image color information and creating red, green, blue (RGB) color values representing the color of the colored surface; a controller having a processor operably connected to the image processor for generating a light emitting diode (LED) activation scheme using the RGB color values; a human machine interface (HMI) operably connected to the controller for providing a user interface for operating the vehicle ambient lighting; a plurality of a red, green, blue (RGB) LEDs; and an LED driver connected to the controller for activating the plurality of RGB LEDs in accordance with the LED activation scheme to produce vehicle ambient lighting having a color matching the user defined ambient lighting color selection.
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10. A method of generating colored vehicle ambient lighting comprising:
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presenting a colored surface forming a user defined ambient lighting color selection to a vehicle camera image sensor via a camera; capturing image color information from the colored surface with the camera image sensor; creating red, green, blue (RGB) color values from the image color information representing the color of the colored surface; generating an LED activation scheme using the RGB color values; and activating a plurality of RGB LEDs in accordance with the LED activation scheme to generate vehicle ambient lighting having a color matching the user defined ambient lighting color selection. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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