A method for providing redundant safety recovery lighting to a motor vehicle which motor vehicle includes an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), the method includes the steps of: a) allowing the ECU to identify a failed external light from a plurality of external lights of the motor vehicle; b) providing a database within the ECU that matches at least some of the plurality of external lights of the motor vehicle with substitute auxiliary external lights that can be activated in place of a failed one of the plurality of external lights; and c) based on a failed external light identified in step a), activating an auxiliary light matched with the failed external light in the databased in step b).
REDUNDANT SAFETY RECOVERY LIGHT SYSTEM
2023-12-07
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein |
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