US 11,865,967 B2
Adaptive illumination system for an autonomous vehicle
Yu-Ju Hsu, Tucson, AZ (US); Xiaoling Han, San Diego, CA (US); Yijing Li, Tucson, AZ (US); Zehua Huang, San Diego, CA (US); Lingting Ge, San Diego, CA (US); Panqu Wang, San Diego, CA (US); and Shuhan Yang, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to TUSIMPLE, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by TuSimple, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/149,901.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/266,547, filed on Jan. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0219488 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01)
CPC B60Q 1/143 (2013.01) [B60Q 2300/054 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a headlight mounted on an autonomous vehicle and configured to illuminate at least a portion of a road the autonomous vehicle is on; and
a control device associated with the autonomous vehicle and comprising at least one processor configured to at least:
obtain information about an environment around the autonomous vehicle;
determine that at least a portion of the road should be illuminated if the information indicates that an illumination level of the portion of the road is less than a threshold illumination level; and
in response to determining that at least the portion of the road should be illuminated, adjust the headlight to illuminate at least the portion of the road.