Patent ID: 9738253
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B60Q,B60R,G01S,G06K,G08G

Claim:
1. An assembly comprising: one or more sensors configured to be supported by a motor vehicle; a processing system including a controller, the controller communicatively coupled to said one or more sensors; a user interface in communication with said controller; wherein each sensor of said one or more sensors is configured to output an electrical signal responsive to detecting a physical object within a spatial sector projected on a surface sustaining said motor vehicle, a combination of spatial sectors composing a sensing perimeter; and wherein said sensing perimeter is provided by a configurable shape, wherein the user interface allows a user to configure the configurable shape, wherein said processing system is configured, responsive to detecting, based on data items of the one or more sensors, a person approaching said motor vehicle, to transmit a notification so that a notification performed using a notification device light source includes light from the notification device light source being switched on and being automatically oriented generally in a direction of the approaching person.