The blind spot indicator assembly 100 comprises a housing 110 including a first side having an aperture 145 closed by a lens assembly 170 and a cavity 120 with an interior surface. A printed circuit board (PCB) 180 has at least two connection pins 200 extending laterally such that when not protruding outward an edge of the PCB 180, a longitudinal dimension d.sub.1 of the aperture 145 is equal to or greater than the longitudinal dimension d.sub.3 of the PCB 180, and when connection pins 200 protrude outward an edge of the PCB 180, the longitudinal dimension d.sub.1 of aperture 145 is equal to or greater than a total dimension de comprising the longitudinal dimension d.sub.3 of the of the PCB 180 plus a projecting distance d.sub.4 the connection pins 200 project beyond the longitudinal dimension d.sub.3 of the of the PCB 180.

A vehicle comprising a state detection device the detects a behavior and peripheral environmental information of the vehicle, an optical device that displays at least a plurality of condensing marks which are a pattern indicating at least a travelling direction of the vehicle on a road surface, and a lamp controller that controls lighting or blinking of the optical device. The lamp controller acquires a detection signal, lights or blinks the optical device based on the detection signal, and combines a plurality of linear partial irradiation images into the plurality of condensing marks. The optical device arranges and displays the plurality of condensing marks side by side on a road where the vehicle enters in the traveling direction, and displays the plurality of condensing marks in at least two different colors that appear to overlap each other to a viewer when the viewer is a first distance from the vehicle.

An autonomous lawn mower is described. The autonomous lawn mower comprises a chassis supporting a podium that is raked forward with respect to a horizontal plane. In some examples, the podium comprises a top portion that may support one or more sensors, antennas and/or cameras that may be used to provide environmental information regarding the surroundings of the autonomous lawn mower. In additional or alternative examples, the podium may facilitate communication services to and/or from the autonomous lawn mower. Such a podium may improve the operation of the mower by a user when manually (or semi-autonomously controlled) while optimizing a field of view of such sensors with respect to the mowable area.

An at least partially transparent optical component is provided for use in a motor vehicle. The component has a length (L) along a first axis (X), a width (B) along a second axis (Y) that is at a right angle to the first axis (X), and a thickness (D) along a third axis (Z) that is at a right angle to the first and second axes (X, Y). The length (L) and width (B) are significantly greater than the thickness (D). The thickness (D) of the component (10) is between 0.4 mm and 4.0 mm. The component is produced in an injection molded foam process.

An optical device for displaying a condensing mark includes a light source, and an optical element having a deflection surface, divided into at least more than two regions, for condensing a light emitted from the light source. The lights deflected through the regions form partial irradiation images on an irradiated surface, and each partial irradiation image has a different shape at a different location on an irradiated surface for each region on the deflection surface. The partial irradiation images are combined with each other to form at least one condensing mark on the irradiated surface. The regions on the deflection surface which correspond, respectively, to the partial irradiation images forming the one condensing mark have different values of direction cosines at the boundary area than adjacent regions and different free-form surface shapes than adjacent regions.

A multi-function light module includes: a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) chosen from mini-LEDs, micro-LEDs and LED-dies and including a first group of the plurality of LEDs mounted on a substrate, and a second group of the plurality of LEDs mounted on the substrate; a printed circuit board (PCB) with a second plurality of LEDs configured for a first function; and a lens overlying each of the multi-function light module and the PCB. An optics assembly includes a first optic component configured for the first function and second optic component configured for a second function that is different from the first function. The optics assembly is arranged to guide light output from respective LEDs of the first group of the LEDs via the first optic component and to guide light output from respective LEDs of the second group of the LEDs via the second optic component.

A lighting timing or lighting mode of a projection unit requires improvement in relation to lighting of a turn lamp. A vehicle lamp includes: a projection unit that includes a light source and projects a predetermined image onto a road surface based on lighting of the light source; and a lighting control unit that controls the light source. The lighting control unit controls the light source such that a required time period from a first time point at which the light source starts lighting in response to an input of a turn signal or a hazard signal to a second time point at which the light source reaches a target light intensity ends later than a third time point at which a turn lamp or a hazard lamp is lit at a target light intensity thereof in response to the input of the turn signal or the hazard signal.

A sign device is disclosed. The device includes a mounting frame for mounting a light box to a surface of a vehicle; a lens frame for coupling to the mounting frame and movable between an open position and closed position; and a removable lens retainable by the lens frame such that, when the light box is activated with the lens frame in the closed position, the light box back lights the lens. In the closed position, a seal seals a space between the lens and the light box.

Rear tail light and turn signal assemblies are disclosed. The rear tail lights and turn signal assemblies are configured to work with existing housing and wiring and provide greater visibility, thereby improving safety. A tail light assembly comprises a housing defining an inner surface of the tail light assembly affixable to a body of a motor vehicle by a fastener, a light source positionable within an interior of the housing, a flexible light panel positionable over at least a portion of the light source, and one or more lenses positionable over the flexible light panel.

An autonomous lawn mower is described. The autonomous lawn mower comprises a chassis supporting a podium. In some examples, the podium comprises a top portion that may support one or more sensors, antennas and/or cameras that may be used to provide environmental information regarding the surroundings of the autonomous lawn mower. In additional or alternative examples, the autonomous lawn mower receives, via a wireless receiver, a signal from a remote controller, the signal comprising one or more of an emergency stop signal or a pause signal. Based at least in part on the signal comprising the emergency stop signal, causing the autonomous lawn mower to invoke an emergency stop procedure, or based at least in part on the signal comprising the pause signal, causing the autonomous lawn mower to invoke a pause procedure.