Patent ID: 9598010
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60Q

Claim:
1. A visual alert system for a vehicle comprising: at least one sensor configured to detect a hazard outside the vehicle; a tracking device configured to detect a driver's line of sight; a lighting system disposed about the vehicle and operable to emit light visible to the driver; a control module configured to determine a location of the hazard relative to the driver's line of sight, and to operate the lighting system in a first mode in response to the hazard being located outside of a predetermined angular threshold of the driver's line of sight, and a second mode in response to the hazard being located within the predetermined angular threshold; wherein when in the first mode, a first region of the lighting system that corresponds to a general direction of the hazard is illuminated, and when in the second mode, a second region of the lighting system that corresponds to a specific location of the hazard is illuminated.