Patent ID: 9329270
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: B60R,F41G,G01S,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An illumination assembly adapted to be mounted to a vehicle for targeting an object, said illumination assembly comprising: a laser producing a laser beam of light; an optical fiber disposed adjacent said laser and extending between a beam receiving end for receiving the laser beam of light from said laser and beam emitting end for emitting the laser beam of light therefrom; a beam splitter disposed adjacent said beam emitting end of said optical fiber, said beam splitter splitting the laser beam of light into a target beam and a feedback beam; a feedback sensor receiving the feedback beam and generating a feedback signal indicating a point of incidence of the feedback beam in a field of view of the feedback sensor; a motor operatively connected to the vehicle and fixedly secured to said beam emitting end to move the beam emitting end relative to the feedback sensor; a controller programmed to command the motor to aim the target beam at a targeted object in response to a targeting input, and further programmed to command the motor to hold the target beam on the targeted object in response to the feedback signal generated by said feedback sensor.