A lighting assembly that provides integrated forward projecting light and side lighting to give a user a broader field of light. The assembly also incorporates daytime running lights to increase visibility during the day and night. The lighting assembly includes a cooling system suitable for dissipating the heat generated by light sources and electrical components of the assembly.

A directional vehicular spotlight (100) is provided with a plurality of radar sensors (150) and at least one non-radar sensor (160). The plurality of radar sensors (150) provide field of view coverage in at least forward, first and second sides, and rear directions of the directional spotlight. The non-radar sensor (160) detects orientation of the directional spotlight (100). The plurality of radar sensors (150) and the at least one non-radar sensor (160) provide ingress detection across a predetermined vehicular perimeter threshold.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a light mount assembly for use with a vehicle, a vehicle with a light mount assembly, and methods for using a light mount assembly on a vehicle. The vehicle can have a foldable windshield with a raised position and a lowered position, and the light mount assembly can have a light with a light mount and a support defining a track for the light. The support can be mounted on the vehicle using pre-existing holes in the vehicle such that a base portion of the light mount is spaced from an outer surface of the vehicle. The light can be repositioned and reoriented relative to the vehicle and/or the support. The light can be moved from a position above a top surface of the vehicle to another position to a side of the vehicle in order to prevent the light from interfering with the foldable windshield when the windshield is moved to the lowered position.

An illumination apparatus that illuminates an illumination zone having a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction is provided with a light source to emit a coherent light beam, and a diffraction optical device to diffract the coherent light beam incident from the light source. The diffraction optical device diffracts the incident coherent light beam so that a width of the illumination zone in the second direction gradually becomes wider along the first direction of the illumination zone from a nearer side to the diffraction optical device.

A spotlight system including a spotlight continuously rotatable about a spotlight pan axis and tiltable about a spotlight tilt axis. The system includes a spotlight controller including a housing continuously rotatable about a controller pan axis. The housing has a circumferential lip that engages with a fixed based and a hub engaged with a handle. The handle rotates about a controller tilt axis perpendicular to the controller pan axis. A controller board is electrically connected to a slip ring that penetrates the base, with a pan input sensor, a tilt input sensor, and a microprocessor. The pan input sensor measures the position of the housing relative to the base, the tilt input sensor measures the position of the handle relative to the housing, and the microcontroller interprets the positions and generates control signals corresponding to the direction of a spotlight.

A vehicle control device mounted in a vehicle includes: a first recognizer configured to recognize a person near the vehicle; a first determiner configured to determine whether the person recognized by the first recognizer is a pre-registered user; and a controller configured to control a lighting device to project a projection image to a position for which a stop position of the vehicle is a criterion in a case where the first determiner determines that the person recognized by the first recognizer is the pre-registered user.

A light assembly for attachment to a surface of a vehicle includes a light head having a light including a flood light mode and a spot light mode, a light head terminal in electrical communication with the light, and a first mounting structure. A vehicle base is configured to be removably coupled to the surface of the vehicle. The vehicle base includes a second structure configured to mate with the first mounting structure such that the light head can be removably secured on the vehicle base, and a base terminal configured to mate with the terminal of the light head to provide power to the light when the light head is secured on the vehicle base. A remote is configured to control rotation of the light about first and second axes and to control operation of the flood light mode and the spot light mode.

A method for controlling a searchlight onboard a vehicle to search for a target using an illuminated area. The method obtains position data (including at least a current azimuth value) and attitude data (including at least a current elevation value) for the searchlight; calculates a point of interest (POI) for the searchlight and a defined search area to search for the target, based on the current azimuth value and the current elevation value, the POI comprising a searchlight center point of impact or a moving target location; optimizes a searchlight coverage area for the defined search area, based on the POI; computes an adjustment to current parameters of the searchlight for generating the optimized searchlight coverage area, wherein the set of adjusted parameters comprises at least one of an adjusted illumination area and an adjusted illumination density value; and initiates operation of the searchlight using the set of adjusted parameters.

A bumper assembly includes a bumper and a stowable lighting assembly. The stowable lighting assembly includes a post and a lighting device. The post includes a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is pivotably coupled to the bumper. The lighting device is pivotably coupled to the distal end of the post. The stowable lighting assembly is moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein the post positioned within or beneath the bumper in the stowed position.

A mobile lighting apparatus having a mobile platform assembly configured to traverse across a surface in response to remotely generated command signals from a remote controller and a lighting assembly mounted to the mobile platform assembly. The lighting assembly configured to provide illumination. The lighting assembly having at least one light source to provide the illumination and at least one mounting arm having the at least one light source mounted thereto. The at least one mounting arm having at least one pivotable joint configured to allow for directional control of the illumination. The mobile platform assembly having a mobile platform, a transportation assembly connected to the mobile platform. The transportation assembly configured to provide movement to the mobile platform assembly. A control assembly having a receiver is configured to receive remotely generated command signals from the remote controller. The control assembly configured to control the transportation assembly and the mounting arm in response to the signals.