Patent ID: 11959800
Assignee: LUMILEDS, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 14:
15. A method for communicating between automotive vehicles, the method comprising:
illuminating a portion of a road ahead of a vehicle with a segmented light-emitting diode (LED) chip in a headlight, the segmented LED chip including a plurality of LEDs, the LEDs in the plurality being arranged in a plurality of sections, each section including at least one first LED and at least one second LED; and
exchanging communications with an oncoming vehicle via light transmission from at least one of the first LEDs and light detection through at least one of the second LEDs, the exchanged communications including a determination of which of the vehicle or the oncoming vehicle is to perform a function including at least one function selected from a group of functions that include:
switching off at least one headlight of the vehicle or the oncoming vehicle and dimming the at least one headlight of the vehicle or the oncoming vehicle.