Abstract: A system for testing an assist function of electric vehicle wireless power transfer includes: a pit, a vehicle-assembly support platform, and an electromagnetic field strength measurement instrument. A ground-assembly support platform is arranged inside the pit, the vehicle-assembly support platform is arranged on an upper side of the ground-assembly support platform, and a to-be-tested member is arranged on an upper side of the ground-assembly support platform. A ground-assembly device coil is arranged on an upper surface of the ground-assembly support platform, a vehicle-assembly device coil is arranged inside the vehicle-assembly support platform, the ground-assembly device coil charges an entire vehicle, and the ground-assembly device coil further cooperates with the vehicle-assembly device coil to charge a vehicle component. A mechanical arm is arranged on ground of a test site, an interference member is arranged on a front end of the mechanical arm.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a charging facility, an amount of current charge in a vehicle, an amount of requested charge for the vehicle, and an amount of time to charge the vehicle; charging, by the charging facility, the vehicle based on the determining; ceasing, by the charging facility, the charging of the vehicle, when another vehicle with an amount of requested charge is lower than the amount of requested charge of the vehicle and an amount of time to charge the another vehicle is less than the amount of time to charge the vehicle, and responsive to the another vehicle receiving the amount of requested charge, continuing to charge, by the charging facility, the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and a system for providing error history information for an eco-friendly vehicle charger. The method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure including the steps of: collecting information on a connected charger, when a vehicle is connected to any charger; receiving a notification of a communication compatibility conflict from the connected charger or determining whether an error is generated while performing communication with the connected charger; and transmitting problem occurrence information on the connected charger to a server based on the information on the connected charger, when receiving the notification of the communication compatibility conflict from the connected charger or a communication error occurs, wherein the problem occurrence history information on the connected charger in the server is updated based on the problem occurrence information on the connected charger.

Abstract: The present application provides a method and a device for charging a secondary battery, a computer storage medium and electronic equipment. The charging method includes steps of: sending first charge information to a charging source by a battery management system, the first charge information includes a first charge power; performing a constant-power charging on the secondary battery by the charging source according to the first charge power; sending a plurality of pulse discharge information to the charging source by the BMS when a battery status parameter reaches a first predetermined value, each pulse discharge information includes a discharge power and a discharge duration; and performing multiple constant-power pulse discharges on the secondary battery by the charging source according to the discharge power and the discharge duration in the plurality of pulse discharge information.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to reserving electric vehicle charging ports.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a charge/discharge system includes a storage battery and a control device. The storage battery is configured to absorb CO2 during charging and release CO2 during discharging. The control device is configured to control a charge/discharge operation of the storage battery. The control device is configured to calculate a power trading price. The control device is configured to calculate a power trading price. The control device is configured to control the charge/discharge operation of the storage battery to perform charging and discharging when the power trading price during charging is lower than the power trading price during discharging.

Abstract: A data connection system for a vehicle is provided. The data connection system comprises an electrical charging station for the vehicle, a first adapter in the charging station, a second adapter in the vehicle, and a connection to a network. The first adapter, in operation, converts digital signals from the network into analog signals. The data connection system, in operation, relays the analog signals from the first adapter to the second adapter. The second adapter, in operation, converts the analog signals into digital signals and provides the analog signals to at least one device of the vehicle.

Abstract: A server comprising a processor. Further, the processor acquires credit card information and a one-time password from a vehicle connected to a charging device through a secure first communication path; acquires the one-time password from the vehicle through the charging device and a non-secure second communication path which is different from the first communication path; and charges an amount of money corresponding to an amount of power supplied by the charging device to the vehicle based on the credit card information when the one-time password acquired through the first communication path matches the one-time password acquired through the second communication path.

Abstract: A charging prediction system includes vehicles, a charging station, and a control device including one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more processors are configured to execute a process. The process includes accumulating, in a storage device, record data that is actual data on a charged vehicle ratio for a first remaining traveling distance of each of the vehicles traveling along a specific traveling road. The process includes deriving, based on the record data, a predicted value of the charged vehicle ratio for each vehicle in a predetermined group including ones of the vehicles currently traveling along the specific traveling road. The process includes deriving a predicted waiting period that is a predicted value of a waiting period to a start of charging at the charging station based on the predicted values of the charged vehicle ratios.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electric vehicle supply equipment. More particularly, this disclosure describes a private charging station availability system that allows home owners or apartment dwellers to loan or rent out their idle station. Through this system, an owner of the private charging station may define special criteria for use of their charger. In one illustrative embodiment, after receiving a request for available charging stations in an area, the system may identify public charging stations and private charging stations. The private charging stations are limited to those that meet a defined requirement such as charging stations that are limited to only using renewable energy resources, whether an owner is onsite, or local grid power usage is below a threshold. After identifying those charging stations, they may be provided in response to the request.

Abstract: A circuit assembly for precharging a high-voltage DC voltage intermediate circuit for a motor vehicle is provided. The circuit assembly includes a high-voltage battery with battery terminals to which the intermediate circuit is electrically coupled. Intermediate circuit terminals of the intermediate circuit are electrically coupled to corresponding station terminals of a high-voltage charging station for providing a charging current, wherein the intermediate circuit terminals are each selectively, electrically coupled to corresponding feeding points of the intermediate circuit via charging current-connecting switching elements by opening and closing. The switching elements are opened prior to coupling the intermediate circuit terminals to the station terminals. Electric potentials of the feeding points are equalized to each other by a first precharging current.

Abstract: An electric vehicle charging state control method includes: requesting, by a first user, sharing of rental information using a first smart device; when the request for sharing the rental information is accepted, setting a to-be-shared external device by selecting at least one external device driven with power of a battery for driving an electric motor; sharing the set to-be-shared external device; when the to-be-shared external device is satisfied, matching the to-be-shared external device to a preset load power database (DB) and calculating estimated power amount information of the to-be-shared external device based on a matched result value obtained by the matching; and providing the calculated estimated power amount information to the first smart device.

Abstract: An example method includes receiving a wakeup request from a device from a vehicle. The wakeup request indicates that the device desires to perform a task that consumes electrical power from a battery of the vehicle. The method further includes assigning a priority to the wakeup request. The method further includes queuing the wakeup request according to a wakeup schedule. The method further includes, responsive to a current time satisfying the wakeup schedule, performing the task based at least in part on the priority.

Abstract: A method for determining an optimal state-of-charge (SOC) operating window for a battery for use in an electric vehicle includes learning a pattern of periodic charging of the battery for a plurality of time periods and a pattern of periodic usage of the battery for the plurality of time periods, determining a periodic energy requirement for the battery for the plurality of time periods based on the learned patterns using a statistical model, and setting a maximum SOC level and a minimum SOC level for the SOC operating window based on two or more of the periodic energy requirement, the learned patterns and a battery chemistry of the battery.

Abstract: A method for distributing balancing power, the method comprising, preferentially assigning, when a demand response is performed using a plurality of electrified vehicle groups including one or more electrified vehicles each of which includes a communication unit and a balancing resource that is able to supply power to an outside, an integral multiple of control power of each of the electrified vehicle groups to required balancing power required for each of the electrified vehicle groups in target balancing power within a limit of balancing power that each of the electrified vehicle groups is able to supply, and assigning remaining balancing power of the target balancing power to required balancing power required for another resource other than the electrified vehicles, after assigning integral multiple of control power of each of the electrified vehicle groups to required balancing power required for each of the electrified vehicle groups in the target balancing power.

Abstract: A multi-voltage storage system for an at least partially electrically driven vehicle comprising: a first high-voltage energy storage module and a second high-voltage energy storage module; one switching unit of identical design for each energy storage module, each switching unit having two positive inputs and two negative inputs, by means of which at least one load connection and one charging connection can be formed, a controllable contactor being provided downstream of each input, and the negative inputs each being able to be connected to a negative pole of an energy storage module and the positive inputs each being able to be connected to a positive pole of an energy storage module by means of the contactors; and a control unit, which is designed such that all the contactors of each switching unit can be controlled independently of each other in any way by the control unit.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle includes determining the number of driving legs according to an output current target value of a DC-DC converter; selecting one or more legs to be switched as many as the number of the driving legs from among a plurality of legs included in the DC-DC converter based on accumulated operation time for each of the plurality of legs; and controlling an output current value of the DC-DC converter to follow the output current target value by switching the selected one or more legs.

Abstract: An improved power-split control system for managing a load profile of a fuel cell in a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) is provided. The power-split control system is operable to actively manage the power demand between the fuel cell and the battery of a FCEV to optimize the operational life of the fuel cell. The power-split control system can use information gathered solely from historical drive cycle data or from historical drive cycle data combined with look-ahead eHorizon data. The power-split control system meets a power demand by operating the powertrain in either a battery charge sustaining mode or a battery charge depletion mode. The power-split control system is also configured to control the power distribution (to the electric motor) from the fuel cell and the battery in a manner that minimizes the degradation of the fuel cell.

Abstract: An airflow sensing seat comprises a seat body (1), an airbag (2), a sensing assembly (3), and a micro control unit (4). The airbag (2) is provided in the seat body (1). A deformable support structure (21) is provided in the airbag (2). The support structure (21) is used to maintain an appropriate amount of gas in the airbag (2). A transmission mechanism (5) is provided between the airbag (2) and the sensing assembly (3). The transmission mechanism (5) is used to transmit gas disturbance in the airbag (2) to the sensing assembly (3). The sensing assembly (3) is used to generate a corresponding analog electrical signal according to the gas disturbance. The sensing assembly (3) is electrically connected to the micro control unit (4). The sensing assembly (3) transmits the analog electrical signal to the micro control unit (4). The micro control unit (4) is used to perform analysis and computation on the analog electrical signal so as to acquire a biological signal of a user.

Abstract: A seat having a seating area, an interior side bolster disposed on a first side of the seating area, and an exterior side bolster disposed on a second side of the seating area. The exterior side bolster includes an activator slidably disposed within an aperture of the exterior side bolster. The activator adjusts a height of the exterior side bolster based on a position of the activator within the aperture.

Abstract: A seat for a vehicle, includes a second row center seat and a second row side seat provided on a partition wall positioned rearward of a driver seat, the second row center seat may move leftward or rightward, and an interval between the seats may be increased in a state in which the second row center seat is moved in a right direction away from the second row side seat, which makes it possible to maximally prevent body contact between a passenger in the second row center seat and a passenger in the second row side seat.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle seat rail. The vehicle seat rail includes a lower rail fixed to a bottom of a vehicle, an upper rail fixed to a seat at an upper portion thereof and coupled to the lower rail to be slidably movable, a restoring spring fixedly coupled to the lower rail at one end thereof in a longitudinal direction and configured to provide a restoring force to the upper rail, and a connection bracket configured to connect the restoring spring to the upper rail. The lower rail may accommodate the restoring spring and the connection bracket to implement a walk-in function even when the lower rail is buried in the floor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle seat sliding device, which prevents noise from being generated when a seat is moved. The vehicle seat sliding device includes: a fixed rail which includes a locking section in which a fixed lock is formed and an unlocking section in which the fixed lock is not formed; a moving rail which slides along the fixed rail; a locking unit which is provided in the moving rail, moves up and down, and has a plurality of locks that is selectively engaged with the fixed lock. When at least one lock of the plurality of locks is located in the unlocking section, remaining locks located in the locking section are disposed apart from the fixed lock so as to have a gap with the fixed lock. With this configuration, when the moving rail is returned from the unlocking section to the locking section, the lock of the locking unit is disposed apart from the fixed lock provided in the fixed rail in such a way as to have a gap, so that noise can be prevented from being generated.

Abstract: A seat for a vehicle in which user convenience may be improved by implementing various postures with a simple configuration is provided. The seat for a vehicle includes a pair of support rails coupled to the vehicle and arranged to be spaced apart from side to side, a first slide unit slidably installed back and forth on the support rail, a second slide unit slidably installed back and forth on the first slide unit, a pair of cushion side frames spaced apart from side to side, a first link member connecting the cushion side frame and the first slide unit, and a second link member connecting the cushion side frame and the second slide unit.

Abstract: It is provided a vehicle seat which comprises a seat part having a seat part element, a basis and a lever, rotatably connected with the seat part element and by means of which the seat part element is supported on the basis movably relative to the basis. It is provided that the lever has a section adapted to make contact with at least one component of the seat part by rotation of the lever with respect to the seat part element.

Abstract: A vehicle seat may have an angle detection device configured to detect a reclining angle of a seatback, an angle detection reference member configured to serve as a reference for the angle detection device, and a rotation limiting guide unit configured to connect a seat fixing structure to the angle detection reference member and to limit rotation of the angle detection reference member by guiding upward-and-downward and forward-and-rearward movements of the angle detection reference member during tilting of a seat cushion around a hinge structure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are car seats and bases therefor. The base includes top tether and an energy-absorbing elongate finger. The tether includes webbing. The webbing is at least partially wrapped about the elongate finger. The elongate finger is configured to deform when a load applied thereto by the webbing exceeds a predetermined threshold so as to pay out the webbing from the base.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an apparatus comprising: a backrest; a side impact protection block movably fitted to the backrest between a folding position and an unfolding position; and a self-locking structure fitted to the side impact protection block or the backrest, the self-locking structure being configured to block the side impact protection block in the unfolding position from switching to the folding position. The self-locking structure comprises a self-locking member and a self-locking reset member, the self-locking member being fitted to the backrest or the side impact protection block, the self-locking reset member being configured to apply a force to the self-locking member to drive it into an extended position that blocks the side impact protection block in the unfolding position from switching to the folding position.

Abstract: In one example, an infant car seat has a car seat body, a first anchor, a second anchor, and a foot. The car seat body defines a seating surface. Each of the first and second anchors releasably locks to an anchor of a vehicle seat, is coupled to the car seat body, and is configured to move relative to the car seat body between a retracted position and an extended position. The foot is coupled to the car seat body such that movement of one or both of the first and second anchors between the retracted position and the extended position causes the foot to move relative to 1) the car seat body and 2) one or both of the first and second anchors between a stowed position and a deployed position, where the foot is positioned to engage a seat pan of the vehicle seat in the deployed position.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle seat wherein matchability with a luggage box is maintained when the seat is folded, and a relax mode and a backward relax mode can be implemented. The vehicle seat according to the present disclosure includes: a tilting link configured to tilt a front portion of a seat cushion upwards/downwards; and a sliding bracket having one end to which a seat is connected by a hinge structure such that the seat is tilted around the hinge structure, the other end of the sliding bracket being connected so as to slide forwards/backwards.

Abstract: Disclosed are a shoulder airbag and a method of controlling deployment thereof that are capable of adjusting the amount of inflation of chambers covering an occupant's shoulders depending on the body type of the occupant and/or the collision direction of a vehicle, thereby safely protecting the occupant in various collision situations. The shoulder airbag includes an occupant detection sensor configured to detect the posture and body type of an occupant, an airbag cushion including chambers configured to be inflated and deployed so as to cover the front, side, and upper portions of each of the shoulders of the occupant, and a controller configured to variably control the amount of inflation of each of the chambers covering the front, side, and upper portions of each of the shoulders of the occupant based on occupant information analyzed based on the posture and body type of the occupant when a collision accident occurs.

Abstract: A suspension system with vibration isolation is described. The system can incorporate a kinematic structure comprising pairs of X-shaped supporting structures connected in parallel. The kinematic structure limits motion in the vertical direction to a single degree of freedom. Tensioning/damping of the kinematic structure orthogonally to the vertical motion limits horizontal motion of the kinematic structure with a corresponding constraint of motion of in the vertical direction. The tensioning/damping imparts passive nonlinear stiffness and nonlinear damping of the vibrational energies across the suspension system. A tuning mechanism can be incorporated enabling tension/damping adjustment to accommodate different heights and payloads. The system can provide vibration isolation at low frequencies and over a wide range of operational frequencies. The suspension system has tunable ultra-low resonant frequencies with anti-resonance characteristics.

Abstract: It has at least one fixing plate arranged on the seat back and at least one support member arranged on the fixing plate, and the support member can be arranged at an arbitrary angle at an arbitrary position on the front surface of the fixing plate. Therefore, the position of the support member can be adjusted not only in the vertical direction but also in the horizontal direction with respect to the seat back, but also in the angle. Therefore, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom in the position and the angle of the support member as compared with the related art.

Abstract: A vehicle equipment part having a base fixed to the bodywork and pivot part pivotable relative to the base about an axis, which pivot part can be locked in one pivot direction by a free-wheel device having a clamping member. The clamping member is arranged in a wedge-shaped clamping gap radially between a first counter-surface formed by a wedge structure fixed to the base and a circular cylindrical second counter-surface associated with the pivot part and is movable between a blocking position and a release position. The clamping member has a first contact surface, which faces the first counter-surface, and a second contact surface, which faces the second counter-surface. The second counter-surface is formed with a structure which is V-shaped in radial section and extends at least partly in the circumferential direction coaxially with the pivot axis and which is in the form of a recess or a projection, and the second contact surface is formed by a complementary structure.

Abstract: A headrest stay includes a detachment prevention slot portion formed in a rod-shaped leg portion, the detachment prevention slot portion being recessed toward a center side of the leg portion, the lock portion being configured to enter into the detachment prevention slot portion, and the detachment prevention slot portion including: a first flat face portion that faces a lower side; and a second flat face portion that faces an upper side, the second flat face portion including: an opposing portion that opposes the first flat face portion; and a region that, in a vertical sectional diagram cut along the axial direction of the leg portion, is disposed at an outer peripheral side of the leg portion relative to the first flat face portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a headrest device for a vehicle. The headrest device may include a stationary headrest portion coupled to a seatback of the vehicle and formed to extend upwards. The stationary headrest portion may be located at a rear of a head of an occupant. The headrest device may include a movable headrest portion coupled to the stationary headrest portion so as to be slidable in a vertical direction, the movable headrest portion may be located in front of the stationary headrest portion. The headrest device may include an actuator including a first side coupled to the fixed part, and a second side coupled to the movable headrest portion. The actuator may be configured to cause the movable headrest portion to slide in the vertical direction.

Abstract: The present invention may provide an assist handle for vehicles manufactured to minimally expose a coat hook to the outside and also feel a sense of unity with the assist handle when the coat hook is not used by configuring the assist handle so that the coat hook is stored in a storage space of the assist handle by elastic support and the coat hook closes an entrance of the storage space, thereby improving the aesthetic appearance and beauty of the assist handle and its surroundings. In particular, the coat hook may be conveniently used at a desired position without spoiling the aesthetic appearance and beauty of a vehicle interior by mounting the coat hook on a part where the assist handle is rotatably supported on a headliner to feel a sense of unity.

Abstract: A vehicle and components thereof are provided. The vehicle can include an apparatus having a shelving module, a post, and a mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus for attachment to a panel configured for partitioning a trailer cargo space includes a member having a cross-section with a concave receiver section including a laterally extending support section connected to sidewalls extending perpendicular to the support section, the receiver section dimensioned for attaching the member along a panel edge with sidewalls engaged against opposite sides of the panel and the support section contacting the panel edge, and first engagement feature(s) disposed opposite and extending along an edge surface of the panel assembly, and a first stacking plate including a first side having feature(s) complementary to the first engagement feature(s), such that the member and the first stacking plate engagingly mate, and an opposite side with second engagement feature(s) similar to the first engagement feature(s), such that the first stacking plate engagingly mates with a second stacking plate.

Abstract: A restraining device securable to anchors, the restraining device comprising: a flexible net defining a net peripheral edge; a peripheral cable secured to the net at the net peripheral edge; and a plurality of attachments for anchoring the peripheral cable to the anchors.

Abstract: A vehicle lighting device includes: a low-beam irradiation part which illuminates a lower irradiation region on a forward lower side of a vehicle; a high-beam irradiation part which illuminates an upper irradiation region on an upper side and more to a central side in a vehicle-width direction than the lower irradiation region; and a pattern irradiation part which irradiates irradiation light on a lateral irradiation region that is a travel path side of the vehicle in an irradiation pattern in which a bright region and a dark region are alternately repeated, in which the pattern irradiation part irradiates irradiation light in a predetermined first mode on an upper pattern irradiation region that is an upper side of the lateral irradiation region, and irradiates irradiation light in a second mode different from the first mode in a lower pattern irradiation region that is a lower side of the lateral irradiation region.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle feature predesignated as limited-use and may determine that a conditional parameter for enabling the vehicle feature has been met, based at least on a present vehicle state. The vehicle engages the vehicle feature responsive to the present vehicle state meeting the conditional use parameter and monitors changes to the present vehicle state. Also, the vehicle automatically controls the feature in accordance with changes to the present vehicle state, to adaptively control the vehicle feature reactive to the changes to the present vehicle state relative to the conditional use parameter.

Abstract: A method for operating a high-resolution headlamp of a vehicle, the headlamp being configured to project an image into the outer region of the vehicle. At least two regions are selected in the image to be projected which have the same brightness gradients. The brightness gradients of the at least two regions are analyzed in the projection to be carried out. If, during the analysis, a difference in the brightness gradients between individual ones of the selected regions is detected in the projection to be carried out, the headlamp is controlled in such a way that the brightness gradients of the selected regions in the projection to be carried out are matched to each other.

Abstract: To make it possible to grasp the road surface condition more reliably when the road surface on which the irradiation pattern is formed is captured by a camera. A controller for lighting control installed in a vehicle that is equipped with a camera that captures the surroundings of the vehicle, a monitor that displays images captured by the camera, and an irradiation unit capable of irradiating light on a road surface within a range that can be captured by the camera, and in which the controller performs operation control of the irradiation unit, where the controller performs operation control of the irradiation unit so that it prevents the irradiation unit from performing light irradiation during each intermittently occurring capturing period of the camera, and causes the irradiation unit to irradiate light during a non-capturing period between the capturing periods.

Abstract: A vehicle lighting device is provided which can sufficiently improve overlooking of pedestrians by a driver. A vehicle lighting device of the present invention includes: a forward irradiation part (low-beam unit) that irradiates a forward irradiation region (low-beam irradiation region) of a vehicle; a lateral irradiation part (second cornering light unit) that irradiates a lateral irradiation region (right-side second cornering light irradiation region) on an outer side in the vehicle-width direction of the forward irradiation region; and a first pattern irradiation part (forward projector unit) that irradiates a first irradiation region (right-side forward projector unit irradiation region) that partially overlaps the forward irradiation region and lateral irradiation region in a top view in a bright/dark mixed irradiation region in which bright regions and dark regions are alternately repeated.

Abstract: A method of personalizing a vehicle lamp includes drawing an image made up of a plurality of pixels that implement a vehicle lamp, based on an input by a user. The method also includes converting the drawn image into light-and-shade data that correspond to the pixels, respectively, multiplying a pixel light distribution value, corresponding to each pixel, by a weighted value based on the data resulting from the conversion, adding up results of the multiplication, and deriving total light distribution of the pixels that results when brightness of the vehicle lamp is the same as that of the drawn image. The method further includes comparing the derived total light distribution against a predetermined reference value and determining whether the derived total light distribution satisfies a predetermined light distribution reference, and applying the drawn image to the vehicle lamp when it is determined that a predetermined light distribution reference is satisfied.

Abstract: A system for controlling a light assembly of a vehicle is provided. The light assembly has an array of light sources adapted to perform at least one lighting or light-signaling function of the vehicle. The system has a user interface computer environment for light configuration of the light assembly arranged to acquire from a user a lighting shape of the array of light sources, associated with a predetermined lighting or light-signaling function of the light assembly, a processing and control system residing on board the vehicle, adapted to select a plurality of light sources of the array, the lighting of which implements or approximates implementation of the acquired lighting shape, and a drive unit for the array of light sources adapted to control activation of the plurality of light sources selected to perform the predetermined lighting or light-signaling function.

Abstract: A decorative lighting system for a vehicle wheel incorporating a mounting ring with an adjustable diameter. The adjustable mounting ring is made as two separate segments. The two segments include cooperative overlapping extensions that allow them to be linked together into a circle having a desired diameter.

Abstract: A vehicle early warning braking indication system includes a sensor pad disposed beneath a brake pedal of the vehicle on a floor portion of a driver's side area of a cabin of the vehicle, the sensor pad configured to output a signal at a first voltage level when a weight greater than a predetermined weight is applied to the sensor pad. The system also includes a brake light activation unit configured to receive the signal output from the sensor pad and to cause a brake light provided on a rear portion of the vehicle to be illuminated when the signal is at the first voltage level, and to cause the brake light to not be illuminated when the signal is at a second voltage level different than the first voltage level.

Abstract: Disclosed are smart tail lights characterized in that they communicate variable braking intensity, which comprise control means capable of assessing the braking intensity exerted by a driver, such that, depending on the braking intensity, the rear brake lights illuminate in an increasing number, with increasing intensity or both correlatively, to minimize the possibility of a rear-end collision. The smart tail lights, with variable braking intensity and reverse lights, are formed by a braking intensity sensor, a modulation and control module, tail lights and electromechanical connections, the sensor having electromechanical means integrated into the brake circuit of the vehicle in order to detect the braking level, and the module having means for converting an electromechanical input signal into an electrical output signal for activating the rear brake lights.