This system for detecting the surrounding conditions of a moving body forcibly changes the state of at least one of a plurality of lighting devices (change from an unlit state to a lighting state or a blinking state, change in the emission color, or change in the luminance) installed inside the moving body, if an object to which attention must be paid during traveling of the moving body is detected in the surroundings of the moving body.

An apparatus and system are disclosed and include a vehicle interior lighting system comprising that includes a light engine with a plurality of independently addressable light emitting diode (LED) segments, each independently addressable LED segment including at least one LED, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) having a base and plurality of legs extending from the base, each leg supporting an independently addressable LED segment, and a light guide plate configured to provide illumination from the plurality of independently addressable LED segments inside the vehicle. A processor may be configured to receive information from a o vehicle sensing system, a vehicle communication system, or a detection system, and may generate a signal. A controller may be configured to provide one or more light control signals to modify at least one light characteristic of at least one of the plurality of independently addressable LED segments based on the signal.

A lighting device for a vehicle includes a map lamp, left and right rear seat reading lamps, left and right trunk lightings, left and right rear gate lightings, and left and right rear pillar lightings. The map lamp, the left rear seat reading lamp, the left trunk lighting, the left rear gate lighting, and the left rear pillar lighting are disposed along a left connecting line. In addition, the map lamp, the right rear seat reading lamp, the right trunk lighting, the right rear gate lighting, and the right rear pillar lighting are disposed along a right connecting line. The left and right connecting lines extend such that a gap in a vehicle width direction is gradually reduced from a rear side of the vehicle toward a front side of the vehicle.

A vehicle interior lighting system includes an illuminating unit provided in an interior of a vehicle, an imaging unit that captures a depth image including a distance to an object person in the interior, an estimating unit that estimates a three-dimensional human body model of an object person from a depth image captured by the imaging unit, a predicting unit that predicts a movement intention of an object person in an interior based on the human body model estimated by the estimating unit, and an operation controller that controls lighting of the illuminating unit according to the movement intention predicted by the predicting unit.

A vehicle cabin lighting system includes: a lighting device that is provided inside a vehicle cabin and that is configured to move a position of light; and a control section that is configured to determine whether or not an occupant sitting on a vehicle seat has an interest in interacting with another occupant inside the vehicle cabin based on operation of an operation section by the occupant or based on a state of the occupant sitting on the vehicle seat, and to control the lighting device so as to move the position of the light in order to direct a gaze direction of the occupant toward a vehicle width direction outer side in a case in which no interest in interacting has been determined.

A system including a light source that provides visual indications to a user of a reserved multiple-passenger vehicle. The light source operates when the user comes within a predetermined distance from the vehicle to thereby identify the vehicle as the one that was reserved by the user. The light source emits light that also specifies a predetermined seat, from among the plurality of seats, to be occupied by the user; specifies a predetermined door from among a plurality of doors by which the user should enter the vehicle to reach the predetermined seat; and specifies a predetermined path, among a plurality of paths by which the user is to travel from the exterior of the vehicle or from the predetermined door, to the predetermined seat.

A vehicle in-cabin lighting system includes: an outward gaze guiding section that is provided inside a vehicle cabin at a vehicle front side and at a vehicle width direction outer side of a vehicle seat, and that becomes brighter than its surroundings on activation of an outer side lighting device; and a control section that is configured to determine whether or not an occupant sifting on the vehicle seat has an interest in interacting with another occupant inside the vehicle cabin based on detection of operation of an operation section by the occupant or based on detection of a state of the occupant, and to activate the outer side lighting device so as to make the outward gaze guiding section brighter in a case in which determination is made that there is no interest in interacting.

A vehicle cabin lighting system includes: a lighting device that is provided inside a vehicle cabin and that is configured to move a position of light; and a control section that is configured to determine whether or not an occupant sitting on a vehicle seat has an interest in interacting with another occupant inside the vehicle cabin based on operation of an operation section by the occupant or based on a state of the occupant sitting on the vehicle seat, and to control the lighting device so as to move the position of the light in order to direct a gaze direction of the occupant toward a vehicle width direction outer side in a case in which no interest in interacting has been determined.

This system for detecting the surrounding conditions of a moving body forcibly changes the state of at least one of a plurality of lighting devices (change from an unlit sate to a lighting state or a blinking state, change in the emission color, or change in the luminance) installed inside the moving body, if an object to which attention must be paid during traveling of the moving body is detected in the surroundings of the moving body.

This system for detecting the surrounding conditions of a moving body forcibly changes the state of at least one of a plurality of lighting devices (change from an unlit state to a lighting state or a blinking state, change in the emission color, or change in the luminance) installed inside the moving body, if an object to which attention must be paid during traveling of the moving body is detected in the surroundings of the moving body.