A vehicle communication system installed in a vehicle includes: a lamp for illumination, a display or signal; a display that is configured by a planar light emitter and has an information display function; and a control unit that is capable of controlling turning-on of the lamp and of the display. The control unit is configured to control the lamp and the display in a linked manner, and present vehicle information indicating a condition of the vehicle by combining light emission of the lamp with information display of the display.

A light system comprising: (a) a plurality of printed circuit boards; (b) a plurality of sets of light sources on each of the plurality of printed circuit boards that are configured to provide a different lighting function, wherein each of the plurality of sets of light sources include one or more light source that generates light; (c) a plurality of light bars that distribute the light from each of the plurality of sets of light sources; and (d) one or more light guides on each of the plurality of light bars, wherein each of the one or more light guides is aligned with one or more of the one or more light sources so that the light passes from the one or more light sources into one of the one or more light guides and into one of the plurality of light bars to provide one of the different lighting functions.

A semitrailer rear lighting device for enhancing safety of a semitrailer hauling an oversized load includes a plurality of brackets, a pair of bars, and an indicator. Each bracket is mountable to a respective opposed side of a semitrailer so that at least two brackets are mounted to each opposed side. Each bar is slidably engaged to the brackets positioned on a respective opposed side of the semitrailer. The bars are selectively extensible from a rear of the semitrailer to position a terminus of the pair of bars past an end of an oversized load that extends past the rear of the semitrailer. The indicator is engaged to the terminus of the pair of bars. The indicator indicates to a trailing motorist one or more of the rear of the semitrailer, the end of the oversized load, a braking action of the semitrailer, or a turning of the semitrailer.

A vehicle hitching assistance system includes a controller acquiring image data from the vehicle and identifying a trailer within a specified area of the image data and then identifying a coupler of the trailer. The specified area is less than a total field of the image data. The controller then outputs a steering signal to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to steer to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the coupler.

A second light source, a second incidence section and a second reflecting section in a vehicle lamp are disposed closer to a light guide section than a first light source, a first incidence section and a first reflecting section, a stepped section is provided between the first reflecting section and the second reflecting section, and the first reflecting section is disposed at above the stepped section and the second reflecting section is disposed at below the stepped section when seen from a side of the first incidence section and a side of the second incidence section.

Multiple light sources are arranged in an array. A light guide member receives light emitted from the multiple light sources on its back face, and outputs the light thus received from its front face. The light guide member has a base portion such that its back face faces the multiple light sources and such that it extends in the array direction of the multiple light sources. Multiple back-face protrusions and multiple front-face protrusions are formed such that they protrude from the back face and the front face of the base portion. The front-face protrusion has multiple continuous faces in the circumferential direction along the front face of the base portion.

A removable light for a towed vehicle includes a housing with a low profile shape, an anchor, a safety tether strap, and lens protection features.

A reflector unit may behave as a retroreflector to reflect light of a selected color. The reflector unit may comprise a first reflector having a first color, a second reflector having a second color, and a mask that either allows incoming light to reach the first reflector and not the second reflector or allows incoming light to reach the second reflector and not the first reflector. An active light unit may emit light of a particular color in response to receiving light. In this fashion, the active light unit may simulate the operation of a reflector. The reflector unit and the active light unit may operate on a bi-directional vehicle.

A rear lamp unit control system for a vehicle including: a first lamp provided on a vehicle body side of a vehicle rear face; a second lamp provided on an opening-closing body side of the vehicle rear face; and a controller configured to control the first lamp and the second lamp. When an opening-closing body of the vehicle is in a closed state, the controller is configured to control the first lamp and the second lamp so that the first lamp and the second lamp turn on at different luminous intensities to each other. In response to the second lamp being in need to be turned on when the opening-closing body is in an open state, the controller is configured to turn the first lamp on at a luminous intensity that is equivalent to a luminous intensity of the second lamp when the second lamp is turned on.