Patent ID: 9505345
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B60Q,H04N,H05B

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle ambient lighting color selection system comprising: a camera having an image sensor and an image processor, wherein the image sensor captures image color information from a colored surface forming a user defined ambient lighting color selection and the image processor operably connected to the image sensor for receiving the image color information and creating red, green, blue (RGB) color values representing the color of the colored surface; a controller having a processor operably connected to the image processor for generating a light emitting diode (LED) activation scheme using the RGB color values; a plurality of a red, green, blue (RGB) LEDs; and an LED driver connected to the controller for activating the plurality of RGB LEDs in accordance with the LED activation scheme to produce vehicle ambient lighting having a color matching the user defined ambient lighting color selection.