US 11,987,167 B2
Vehicle lighting system based on infrared light sources and vehicles comprising a matrix lamp controller
Yongkun Yu, Hefei (CN); and Rui Zhang, Hefei (CN)
Assigned to NIO TECHNOLOGY (ANHUI) CO., LTD, Hefei (CN)
Filed by NIO TECHNOLOGY (ANHUI) CO., LTD, Hefei (CN)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/691,331.
Claims priority of application No. 202110296119.8 (CN), filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297592 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G01S 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G01S 13/06 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle lighting system based on infrared light sources, the vehicle lighting system comprising:
an infrared matrix lamp, which comprises a plurality of infrared light sources arranged in a matrix and which is configured to be mounted on a vehicle to provide an illumination range with respect to the vehicle, wherein each of the plurality of infrared light sources corresponds to an illumination region in the illumination range; and
a matrix lamp controller configured to turn on, when a target region needs to be illuminated, an infrared light source in the infrared matrix lamp corresponding to the target region on the basis of relative position information between the target region and the vehicle, wherein the relative position information comprises an angular position of the target region relative to a vehicle reference.