US 12,469,370 B2
Communication lamp system
Myeong Je Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/545,353.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0063131 (KR), filed on May 16, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0386786 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 7/00 (2006.01); H05B 47/12 (2020.01)
CPC G08B 7/00 (2013.01) [H05B 47/12 (2020.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication lamp system comprising:
a light source unit including a lens and a light source;
a piezoelectric element for generating an electrical acoustic signal based on sound; and
a processor configured to:
control the light source unit, the piezoelectric element, or a combination thereof; and
control the light source unit based on the electrical acoustic signal received from the piezoelectric element,
wherein the piezoelectric element is positioned on a surface of the lens, and
wherein the piezoelectric element is configured to vibrate and generate the electrical acoustic signal as the lens is vibrated due to the sound.