A method of controlling an ambient light feature of a cup holder assembly having one or more cup holders includes providing a light source having a light output of varying luminous intensity, sensing an amount of light reflected from an object received in one of the cup holders using a light sensor, and controlling the luminous intensity of the light output based on the amount of light reflected and the distance between the object and a sidewall of the cup holder assembly. In this method, a change in the amount of light reflected from an object received in one of the cup holders correlates to a change in the luminous intensity provided by the light source, and a change in the distance between the object received the cup holder and the sidewall of the cup holders correlates to a change in the luminous intensity provided by the light source.

An accent lighting system for a vehicle is disclosed that includes a light module and a transmitter. The light module includes a first inductive member and a diffuser that extends along a periphery of the light module so as to collect and distribute light generated by the light module. The transmitter includes a second inductive member that is configured for electromagnetic communication with the first inductive member so as to create current in the first inductive member and thereby power the light module.

An example of a cupholder includes a tubular receptacle with a first open end, a second capped end, and a sidewall therebetween. The second capped end defines a central drain port. The cupholder further includes an annular PCB adjacent the second capped end, the annular PCB having a central aperture. The central drain port extends through the central aperture.

A vehicle includes a plurality of areas, each of the plurality of areas includes at least one light emitting apparatus and at least one sensor of a first type, the plurality of areas include a first area, the first area includes a first light emitting apparatus and a first sensor, and a type of the first sensor is the first type. A light system control method includes: obtaining a first signal collected by the first sensor; and controlling, based on the first signal, the first light emitting apparatus to work.

Disclosed are a hidden-type cup holder device and a console system including the hidden-type cup holder device, wherein the hidden-type cup holder device is configured to enable a vehicle occupant to fully use a storage space formed in a console during normal operation and to deploy, in response to a button-pressing operation by the vehicle occupant, a hidden cup holder from a bottom portion of the storage space formed in the console when necessary.