Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicular lighting using passive and/or active optics
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Application No.: US16568178Application Date: 2019-09-11
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Publication No.: US11608972B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Da Liu , Chang Gi Samuel Hong , Andrew Mark Stieber
- Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Foster City
- Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Foster City
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, P.C.
- Main IPC: H05B47/105
- IPC: H05B47/105 ; H05B47/11 ; B60Q1/48 ; F21V23/04 ; B60Q1/30 ; B60Q1/32 ; G05D1/02 ; B60Q1/44 ; B60Q1/34
Abstract:
A reflector unit may behave as a retroreflector to reflect light of a selected color. The reflector unit may comprise a first reflector having a first color, a second reflector having a second color, and a mask that either allows incoming light to reach the first reflector and not the second reflector or allows incoming light to reach the second reflector and not the first reflector. An active light unit may emit light of a particular color in response to receiving light. In this fashion, the active light unit may simulate the operation of a reflector. The reflector unit and the active light unit may operate on a bi-directional vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210180772A1 VEHICULAR LIGHTING USING PASSIVE AND/OR ACTIVE OPTICS Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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