Motorcycle providing visual light warning to detected vehicles to notify detected vehicles of presence of motorcycle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11518465
APP PUB NO 20200307731A1
SERIAL NO

16826671

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A motorcycle comprising: a lighting system including a plurality of lamps, each of which is configured to illuminate a different region of a plurality of regions relative to the motorcycle; one or more imaging assemblies, each of which includes an image sensor configured to generate image data; and a controller in communication with each of the plurality of lamps that receives as input the image data that the image sensor from each of the one or more imaging assemblies generates, analyzes the image data, detects a vehicle from the image data, and activates whichever lamp of the plurality of lamps that illuminates the region of the plurality of regions that is closest to the vehicle to provide a visual warning to the vehicle of the motorcycle.

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GENTEX CORPORATION600 N CENTENNIAL ST ZEELAND MI 49464

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Falb, David M Grand Rapids, US 43 643
Neuman, George A Holland, US 118 5189
Vilcans, Dennis E West Olive, US 2 1

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