An adaptive lighting system of an off-road utility vehicle includes an illumination device controllable with respect to its emission characteristic or light intensity, and a control unit in communication with the illumination device. The control unit is configured to adapt the emission characteristic or light intensity level by controlling the illumination device based upon a determined gaze direction of a vehicle operator, an identified extraneous light effects, a determined relative position of an external off-road utility vehicle, or cartographic location information.

Systems and methods are provided for a mobile platform. The systems include an assembly comprising a device, wherein the assembly is configured to controllably articulate to direct the device toward positions on the ground, a human-to-machine input (HMI) device configured to allow a user to manually operate the assembly to execute a slew operation wherein the device is redirected from a first position on the ground to a second position along a desired path, a sensor system configured to sense an attitude of the mobile platform, and a controller configured to, by a processor: receive the attitude from the sensor system, receive a slew command from the HMI device, and modify operation of the assembly, based on the sensor data, during the slew operation to compensate for attitude disturbances such that an actual path along which the device is directed matches the desired path.

A lighting device is provided for controlling the photometric distribution of light emitted by two or more LEDs. The lighting device may be integrated with a control system of the vehicle and may be controlled by a remote controller. The lighting device may be capable of being operated in one or more modes of operation based on operating conditions, user input, or both. Operating conditions may include vehicle conditions, environmental conditions, and user conditions. The controller may operate a software application to enable the user to modify, control, or otherwise regulate any mode of operation or other feature of the lighting system.

In accordance with an example embodiment, an arrangement for controlling a lighting device of a working vehicle where the lighting device is directed toward an adjustable operating element of the working vehicle. A control device is connected to the lighting device. The control device is operated to switch the lighting device on according to a detected adjustment of the operating element.

A vision system for a vehicle includes a high resolution camera disposed at the vehicle windshield and having a field of view forward of the vehicle, and a low resolution sensor disposed at a forward portion of the vehicle and having a field of sensing forward of the vehicle. Responsive to processing of an output of the low resolution sensor, a control determines the presence of a hot spot forward of the vehicle. Responsive to determination of a hot spot, the control enhances processing of image data captured by the camera to determine if the hot spot is indicative of presence of a pedestrian or animal ahead of the vehicle. Responsive to determination that the hot spot is indicative of presence of a pedestrian or animal, the control generates an alert to a driver of the vehicle and/or controls a vehicle system to mitigate impact with the pedestrian or animal.

An exterior helicopter light unit (2) with a dynamic output light intensity distribution includes a plurality of LEDs (30), and an optical system (32) for shaping the output light intensity distribution from light emitted by the plurality of LEDs (30), wherein each of the plurality of LEDs (30) contributes to the output light intensity distribution in an LED-specific output direction region, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of LEDs (30) are individually dimmable, with a level of dimming for each of said portion of the plurality of LEDs (30) in operation being set depending on a distance of the exterior helicopter light unit (2) to ground (200) in the respective LED-specific output direction region.

A system for adjusting lighting of a towing hitch region of a vehicle includes processor, user input device communicatively coupled to the processor, and light source comprising actuator communicatively coupled to the processor. The light source are configured to selectively illuminate the towing hitch region of the vehicle. The system further includes memory module communicatively coupled to the processor that stores logic that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to receive user instructions from the user input device; and adjust an angle of illumination of the light source with the actuator to illuminate the towing hitch region based on the user instructions.

A mobile lighting system configured to provide lighting to remote locations. The system is configured to be moved into a location by rolling on a moving apparatus, such as wheels or a continuous track and to shine light on a desired area by adjusting poles to raise or lower the nights, and rotating the lights within a mount that is mounted to the pole. The mobile lighting system has a power source, such as a battery, to provide several hours of lighting at a remote location.

A vehicle includes a sensing unit configured to sense an object in a surrounding area of the vehicle, an output unit configured to output a notification about a pedestrian detected in the surrounding area, and a control unit configured to recognize whether the object is the pedestrian based on sensing signals delivered from the sensing unit and control the output unit to thereby output the notification when the pedestrian is recognized.

A lighting system is provided herein. The lighting system includes a spotlight is mounted to a vehicle, a controller for operating the spotlight, and a pointer device for specifying an intended target. The controller aims the spotlight in the direction of the intended target based on input provided by the pointer device.