Patent ID: 9150147
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: B60K,B60Q,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a lighting system including a plurality of light groups disposed on a Machine, each light group including one or more lights; a graphical user interface; and a controller in communication with the lighting system and the graphical user interface, the controller configured to cause the graphical user interface to display a machine icon and a plurality of light icons, each light icon in the shape of a light and corresponding to one of the light groups, each light icon displayed proximal to the machine icon in a position generally indicative of a location on the Machine of the light group that corresponds to the light icon, the controller further configured to associate in a one-to-one correspondence each of the plurality of light icons displayed on the graphical user interface with a plurality of sensory areas on the graphical user interface and to cause a first light icon of the plurality of light icons to change from a first state to a second state when a first sensory area associated with the first light icon is activated by a user contact, and to return the first light icon to the first state if the user contact was dragged off of the first sensory area; wherein for at least the first of the plurality of light icons, a light beam is displayed generally adjacent to the first light icon to show a direction of light when the corresponding light group on the Machine is illuminated.