阅读说明：本技术 车辆辅助照明装置及方法 (Vehicle auxiliary lighting device and method ) 是由 孙铎 唐帅 于 2019-04-24 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请涉及一种车辆辅助照明装置及方法,所述装置包括：反射镜和可伸缩的支撑杆,其中反射镜通过支撑杆安装在车辆上,且该支撑杆能够伸缩以带动反射镜相对于车辆进行伸出或收缩；而反射镜被设置成在伸出时位于车辆前灯的前方,用于对车辆前灯的出射光进行反射,形成车辆侧面照明区域。所述方法用于控制上述车辆辅助照明装置进行辅助照明操作。上述车辆辅助照明装置及方法可以克服传统车辆照明系统中存在的侧面照明盲点问题。(The application relates to a vehicle auxiliary lighting device and a method, wherein the device comprises: the reflecting mirror is mounted on the vehicle through the supporting rod, and the supporting rod can stretch and retract to drive the reflecting mirror to extend or retract relative to the vehicle; and the reflector is disposed so as to be positioned in front of the vehicle headlight when extended, for reflecting the light emitted from the vehicle headlight to form a vehicle side illumination area. The method is used for controlling the auxiliary lighting device of the vehicle to perform auxiliary lighting operation. The auxiliary lighting device and the auxiliary lighting method for the vehicle can overcome the side lighting blind spot problem in the traditional vehicle lighting system.)

1. A vehicle auxiliary lighting device, characterized in that the device comprises:

the reflecting mirror is mounted on a vehicle through the supporting rod, and the supporting rod can stretch and retract to drive the reflecting mirror to extend or retract relative to the vehicle;

wherein the reflector is arranged to be positioned in front of the vehicle headlight when extended, for reflecting the outgoing light of the vehicle headlight to form a vehicle side illumination area.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a controller, the controller being coupled to the support bar;

the controller is used for controlling the support rod to extend out to drive the reflector to extend out to the front of a vehicle headlight when a preset side lighting requirement condition is met; or when the side lighting requirement condition is not met, the supporting rod is controlled to contract to drive the reflector to contract.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 or 2, further comprising a motor, the mirror being connected to the motor, the motor being connected to the support rod;

the motor is used for driving the reflecting mirror to rotate.

4. The device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a cavity provided inside or outside the vehicle, said cavity being provided with a cover plate that can be opened and closed, said cover plate being located inside, outside or integrated with the housing of the vehicle;

when the cover plate is opened, the supporting rod and the reflector can extend out of or retract into the cavity;

when the cover plate is closed, the support rod and the reflector are received in the cavity.

5. A vehicle, characterized in that the vehicle comprises a vehicle auxiliary lighting device as claimed in any one of claims 1-4.

6. A vehicle auxiliary lighting method for controlling a vehicle auxiliary lighting device, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device including a reflector and a retractable support rod, the method comprising:

acquiring state information of a vehicle and/or a side lighting demand signal of a vehicle user; the state information comprises environment state information, vehicle running speed related information and operation information of the vehicle user;

judging whether a preset side lighting requirement condition is met or not according to the state information and/or the side lighting requirement signal;

if the side lighting requirement condition is met, the support rod of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is controlled to extend out, so that the reflector of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is driven to extend out of the front of a vehicle headlight, and a vehicle side lighting area is formed.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

and when the vehicle does not meet the side lighting requirement condition, the supporting rod is controlled to contract so as to drive the reflector to contract.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the vehicle auxiliary lighting device further comprises a motor, the reflector being coupled to the motor, the motor being coupled to the support rod, the method further comprising:

and controlling a motor of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device to drive the reflector to rotate according to the state information of the vehicle and/or the side lighting demand signal of the vehicle user.

9. The method of any one of claims 6-8, wherein the vehicle accessory lighting device further comprises a cavity disposed inside or outside the vehicle, the cavity being provided with a cover plate that is openable and closable, the cover plate being located inside, outside or integrally formed with a housing of the vehicle, the method further comprising: before a support rod of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is controlled to extend out, a cover plate of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is controlled to be opened, so that the support rod drives the reflector to extend out of the cavity.

10. The method of claim 6 or 7, wherein the side-lighting demand conditions include at least one of: the ambient light brightness is less than a preset brightness threshold, the angular velocity of the vehicle is greater than a preset angular velocity threshold, and/or the vehicle receives a side lighting demand signal from a user of the vehicle.

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of vehicle lighting, in particular to a vehicle auxiliary lighting device and method.

Background

At present, when a driver drives an automobile at night, the front illuminating lamp of the automobile is mainly turned on, and the front of the automobile or the road around the automobile is illuminated.

However, there may be blind illumination spots on the sides of the vehicle, for example, when there are no illumination lamps on the roads on both sides of the vehicle; or the lighting lamps on the roads on both sides are damaged; or, when obstacles exist on the roads on two sides of the running automobile, the positions of the obstacles are in the dark; alternatively, objects may be visible when the front of the car, but not visible to the sides of the car. In some cases, the lighting system of the automobile itself has lighting blind spots, so that the driver cannot see what is beside the automobile.

Therefore, how to overcome the illumination blind spot problem of the automotive illumination system becomes a technical problem to be solved urgently by the current technical staff.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on the above, the application provides a vehicle auxiliary lighting device and method, which can realize lighting of two side areas of a vehicle when the vehicle runs at night, thereby overcoming the problem of lighting blind spots of a vehicle lighting system and further improving the running performance of the vehicle.

In a first aspect, a vehicle auxiliary lighting device, the device comprising: the reflecting mirror is mounted on a vehicle through the supporting rod, and the supporting rod can stretch and retract to drive the reflecting mirror to extend or retract relative to the vehicle;

wherein the reflector is arranged to be positioned in front of the vehicle headlight when extended, for reflecting the outgoing light of the vehicle headlight to form a vehicle side illumination area.

In one embodiment, the device further comprises a controller connected to the support rod;

the controller is used for controlling the support rod to extend out to drive the reflector to extend out to the front of a vehicle headlight when a preset side lighting requirement condition is met; or when the side lighting requirement condition is not met, the supporting rod is controlled to contract to drive the reflector to contract.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a motor, the mirror being connected to the motor, the motor being connected to the support rod;

the motor is used for driving the reflecting mirror to rotate.

In one embodiment, the device further comprises a cavity arranged inside or outside the vehicle, the cavity is provided with a cover plate capable of being opened and closed, and the cover plate is positioned inside or outside the vehicle or is integrally formed with a shell of the vehicle;

when the cover plate is opened, the supporting rod and the reflector can extend out of or retract into the cavity;

when the cover plate is closed, the support rod and the reflector are received in the cavity.

The application provides a vehicle auxiliary lighting device includes: the reflecting mirror is mounted on the vehicle through the supporting rod, and the supporting rod can stretch and retract to drive the reflecting mirror to extend or retract relative to the vehicle; and the reflector is disposed so as to be positioned in front of the vehicle headlight when extended, for reflecting the light emitted from the vehicle headlight to form a vehicle side illumination area. Because the reflector in the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is positioned in front of the vehicle headlight when the reflector extends out, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device can reflect emergent light of the vehicle headlight, and the reflected light can be projected to the side area of the vehicle, so that the vehicle auxiliary lighting device can illuminate the side area of the vehicle, and the problem of side illumination blind spots existing in the traditional vehicle lighting system is solved.

In addition, because the reflector is arranged on the telescopic supporting rod, when the vehicle needs to be illuminated in the side area, the reflector can be extended out of the vehicle from the interior of the vehicle to illuminate the side area of the vehicle, correspondingly, when the vehicle does not need to be illuminated in the side area, the reflector can be stored in the interior of the vehicle, and the operation not only can protect the reflector, thereby prolonging the service life of the auxiliary illuminating device for the vehicle, but also improving the aesthetic property of the vehicle.

In a second aspect, a vehicle includes the vehicle auxiliary lighting device of the first aspect described above.

In a third aspect, a vehicle auxiliary lighting method for controlling a vehicle auxiliary lighting device including a reflector and a retractable support rod, the method comprising:

acquiring state information of a vehicle and/or a side lighting demand signal of a vehicle user; the state information comprises environment state information, vehicle running speed related information and operation information of the vehicle user;

judging whether the vehicle meets a preset side lighting requirement condition or not according to the state information and/or a side lighting requirement signal of the vehicle user;

If the side lighting requirement condition is met, the support rod of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is controlled to stretch out, so that the reflector of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is driven to stretch out to the front of a vehicle headlight, and a vehicle side lighting area is formed.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

and when the vehicle does not meet the side lighting requirement condition, the supporting rod is controlled to contract so as to drive the reflector to contract.

In one embodiment, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device further comprises a motor, the reflector is connected to the motor, the motor is connected to the support rod, and the method further comprises:

and controlling a motor of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device to drive the reflector to rotate according to the state information of the vehicle and/or the side lighting demand signal of the vehicle user.

In one embodiment, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device further comprises a cavity arranged inside or outside the vehicle, the cavity is provided with a cover plate capable of being opened and closed, the cover plate is positioned inside or outside the vehicle or is integrally formed with a shell of the vehicle, and the method further comprises the following steps: before a support rod of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is controlled to extend out, a cover plate of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is controlled to be opened, so that the support rod drives the reflector to extend out of the cavity.

In one embodiment, the side lighting requirement condition includes at least one of: the ambient light brightness is less than a preset brightness threshold, the angular velocity of the vehicle is greater than a preset angular velocity threshold, and/or the vehicle receives a side lighting demand signal from a user of the vehicle.

The application provides a vehicle auxiliary lighting method, which comprises the following steps: acquiring state information of a vehicle and/or a side lighting demand signal of a vehicle user; judging whether the vehicle meets the side lighting requirement condition or not according to the state information and/or the side lighting requirement signal of the vehicle user; if the side illumination requirement condition is met, the support rod of the vehicle auxiliary illumination device is controlled to stretch out, so that the reflector of the vehicle auxiliary illumination device is driven to stretch out to the front of a vehicle headlight, and a vehicle side illumination area is formed. The vehicle auxiliary lighting method described above is applied to the vehicle auxiliary lighting device described in the first aspect. In the vehicle auxiliary lighting method, the reflector is moved to the front position of the vehicle headlight by the vehicle, so that the reflector can reflect emergent light of the vehicle headlight, and further the side area of the vehicle is lighted. In addition, the vehicle can also be according to the actual state of vehicle, and the control bracing piece drives the speculum and removes the place ahead position of vehicle headlight, realizes the illumination to vehicle side area, and this process is the automatic operation process of vehicle, so, the vehicle auxiliary lighting method that this application provided can improve the intelligence of vehicle.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a vehicle auxiliary lighting device according to an embodiment;

FIG. 1A is a schematic view of a telescoping arrangement according to one embodiment;

FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of a foldable telescopic structure according to an embodiment;

FIG. 1C is a schematic structural diagram of an auxiliary lighting device for a vehicle according to an embodiment;

FIG. 1D is a schematic diagram of an auxiliary lighting device for a vehicle according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a vehicle auxiliary lighting device according to an embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a vehicle auxiliary lighting device according to an embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a vehicle auxiliary lighting device according to an embodiment;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of a vehicle auxiliary lighting method according to an embodiment.

Description of reference numerals:

a mirror 11; a support rod 12; a controller 13;

a motor 14; a cavity 15; a cover plate 16.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a vehicle auxiliary lighting device according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device includes: the reflecting mirror 11 is mounted on a vehicle through a supporting rod 12, and the supporting rod 12 can stretch and retract to drive the reflecting mirror 11 to extend or retract relative to the vehicle; wherein the reflector 11 is arranged to be positioned in front of the vehicle headlights when extended, for reflecting the outgoing light of the vehicle headlights to form the vehicle side illumination area.

The reflecting mirror 11 may be a convex mirror, a plane mirror, a convex mirror array, a plane mirror array, or other devices capable of reflecting light beams. The support rod 12 may be a telescopic structure as shown in fig. 1A, or alternatively, a foldable structure as shown in fig. 1B, which is not limited in this embodiment, and it is within the scope of the present application as long as the extension or the retraction can be achieved. The reflector 11 can be fixedly mounted on one end of the supporting rod 12, and can form a certain included angle with the supporting rod 12, and the included angle can be set according to actual application requirements, or when the reflector 11 is used, the included angle can be manually or automatically adjusted, so that the reflector 11 can be normally used. It should be noted that the included angle between the reflector 11 and the supporting rod 12 may be an included angle in any plane, for example, taking three-dimensional coordinates established in X, Y, Z directions as an example, the included angle between the reflector 11 and the supporting rod 12 may be an included angle in an XY plane, an included angle in an XZ plane, or an included angle in a YZ plane.

In the present embodiment, the reflector 11 may reflect part of the outgoing light of the vehicle headlight. When the emergent light of the vehicle headlight is incident on the mirror surface of the reflector 11, the reflector 11 can reflect the incident light by a certain preset angle, and project the reflected light into the side area of the vehicle for illumination, thereby forming a vehicle side illumination area. The size of the side illumination area can be determined according to parameters such as the size of the reflector, the relative deflection angle between the reflector and the vehicle headlight, the distance between the reflector and the vehicle headlight and the like, so that the size of the vehicle side illumination area can be further adjusted by adjusting the parameters. In practical application, related technicians can also determine the size of the vehicle side illumination area in advance according to actual illumination requirements, and then determine the parameters according to the size of the vehicle side illumination area, so that the vehicle auxiliary illumination device is designed correspondingly according to the parameters, and the size of the vehicle side illumination area formed by the vehicle auxiliary illumination device can meet the requirements of users.

Alternatively, in an application scenario, as shown in fig. 1C, one end of the support rod 12 is mounted with the reflector 11, and the other end can be fixedly mounted on the external body of the vehicle, specifically, in the vicinity of the headlight position of the vehicle, such as the position of the a point in fig. 1C. At this time, the support rod 12 can support the reflector 11 at the same horizontal position at a short distance from the vehicle headlight, so that the emergent light of the vehicle headlight can be projected onto the mirror surface of the reflector 11 for reflection, and further projected into the side area of the vehicle for illumination. The horizontal distance between the support rod 12 and the vehicle headlights can be set according to practical application requirements, and optionally, the horizontal distance between the reflector 11 and the vehicle headlights can be manually or automatically adjusted by controlling the telescopic movement of the support rod 12 when the reflector 11 is used.

In another application scenario, as shown in fig. 1D, one end of the support rod 12 is mounted with the reflector 11, and the other end is fixedly mounted in the interior of the vehicle, specifically, may be fixedly mounted in any region of the interior of the vehicle, such as the B point position in fig. 1D. In this case, because the support rod 12 has a telescopic function, the support rod 12 can be retracted to bring the reflector 11 into the interior space of the vehicle, and the support rod 12 can be extended to bring the reflector 11 out of the vehicle, so that the reflector 11 can be accurately moved to the front position of the headlights of the vehicle for illumination. In the application scenario, when the vehicle needs to illuminate the side area of the vehicle, the vehicle can control the supporting rod 12 to drive the reflector 11 to extend out from the interior of the vehicle, and then further control the supporting rod 12 to drive the reflector 11 to move to the front position of the vehicle headlight to perform reflective illumination outside the vehicle. When the vehicle needs to turn off the auxiliary lighting device, the vehicle can control the support rod 12 to drive the reflector 11 to be stored in the vehicle, so that the reflector 11 can be moved away from the front position of the vehicle headlight and does not reflect emergent light of the vehicle headlight, and the auxiliary lighting device can be turned off.

Based on the above application, it should be noted that, when the vehicle needs to illuminate the side area, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device may move the reflector 11 mounted on the support rod 12 to the front position of the vehicle headlight by allowing the user to manually operate the retractable support rod 12, thereby illuminating the side area of the vehicle. Alternatively, in another application, the vehicle can also automatically control the retractable support rod 12 to move the reflector 11 to a position in front of the vehicle headlights, so as to illuminate the side area of the vehicle.

In addition, for any of the above applications, when the vehicle control support rod 12 is retracted, that is, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is to be turned off, in addition to the reflector 11 being housed inside the vehicle, alternatively, the reflector 11 may be retracted to another part of the vehicle, the reflector 11 may be integrated with the vehicle case, or the reflector 11 may be placed in a vicinity outside the vehicle, as long as the normal lighting and running of the vehicle are not affected.

The above embodiment provides a vehicle auxiliary lighting device, including: the reflecting mirror is mounted on the vehicle through the supporting rod, and the supporting rod can stretch and retract to drive the reflecting mirror to extend or retract relative to the vehicle; and the reflector is disposed so as to be positioned in front of the vehicle headlight when extended, for reflecting the light emitted from the vehicle headlight to form a vehicle side illumination area. Because the reflector in the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is positioned in front of the vehicle headlight when the reflector extends out, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device can reflect emergent light of the vehicle headlight, and the reflected light can be projected to the side area of the vehicle, so that the vehicle auxiliary lighting device can illuminate the side area of the vehicle, and the problem of side illumination blind spots existing in the traditional vehicle lighting system is solved.

In addition, because the reflector is arranged on the telescopic supporting rod, when the vehicle needs to be illuminated in the side area, the reflector can be extended out of the vehicle from the interior of the vehicle to illuminate the side area of the vehicle, correspondingly, when the vehicle does not need to be illuminated in the side area, the reflector can be stored in the interior of the vehicle, and the operation not only can protect the reflector, thereby prolonging the service life of the auxiliary illuminating device for the vehicle, but also improving the aesthetic property of the vehicle.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a vehicle auxiliary lighting device according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 2, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device according to the present embodiment further includes: the controller 13, the controller 13 is connected with the supporting rod 12; the controller 13 is used for controlling the support rod 12 to extend out to drive the reflector to extend out to the front of the headlight of the vehicle when the vehicle meets the preset side lighting requirement; or, when the vehicle does not meet the requirement of side lighting, the support rod 12 is controlled to contract, and the reflector 11 is driven to contract.

Wherein the controller 13 is used for controlling the shortening and extending operations of the supporting rod 12, optionally, when the controller 13 is connected with the reflector 11, the controller 13 can also control the reflector 11 to rotate in any plane relative to the supporting rod 12. The controller 13 may be installed in the interior of the vehicle or other portions of the vehicle, and may output a control signal to the support rod 12 to drive the support rod 12 to extend and retract, or may output a control signal to the mirror 11 to drive the mirror 11 to rotate. The controller 13 is also used for receiving control signals input by a user or acquiring other control signals, so that the controller 13 can further control the supporting rod 13 or the reflecting mirror 11 to operate correspondingly according to the control signals. The side lighting requirement condition may represent several application scenarios of the vehicle when side area lighting is required, and typically the several application scenarios may include: the vehicle runs at night, the vehicle turns or a vehicle user directly turns on the lighting devices on the two sides of the vehicle according to application requirements to light the areas on the two sides.

In this embodiment, when the vehicle is applied to any one of the above application scenarios, it is described that the vehicle needs to illuminate the side area of the vehicle, at this time, the controller 13 mounted on the vehicle can control the supporting rod 12 to extend from the inside of the vehicle to the outside of the vehicle, and then drive the reflector 11 to move to the front position of the headlight of the vehicle, so as to implement illumination of the side area of the vehicle. Accordingly, when the vehicle is not used in one of the above-mentioned application scenarios, it is indicated that the vehicle does not need the side area illumination, in this case, the reflector 11 does not need to be placed in a front position of the vehicle headlight, and therefore, after the reflector 11 is used to perform the side area illumination each time, the vehicle can replace the reflector 11 and the support rod 12 into the interior of the vehicle, and specifically, the vehicle can control the support rod 12 to perform the shortening operation by the controller 13 until the support rod 12 drives the reflector 11 to be fully retracted into the interior of the vehicle. Alternatively, the vehicle control support rod 12 is retracted and moves the reflector 11 away from the position in front of the vehicle headlights and to another position in the vehicle.

The vehicle auxiliary lighting device provided by the above embodiment further includes, on the basis of the structure described in the embodiment of fig. 1: the controller is connected with the supporting rod and is used for controlling the supporting rod to extend out to drive the reflector to extend out to the front of a headlight of the vehicle when the vehicle meets a preset side lighting requirement condition; or when the vehicle does not meet the side lighting requirement, the supporting rod is controlled to contract to drive the reflector to contract. The controller is arranged, and the controller can control the support rod to stretch and move according to the side lighting requirement condition, so that the reflector is driven to illuminate, or the reflector is stored back to the interior of the vehicle, or the reflector is retracted to other positions of the vehicle. Therefore, the arrangement of the controller enables the vehicle auxiliary lighting device to have the functions of automatically starting and closing the lighting, thereby improving the intelligence of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a vehicle auxiliary lighting device according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 3, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device according to the present embodiment further includes: a motor 14, the mirror 11 being connected to the motor 14, the motor being connected to the support rod 12; the motor 14 is used to rotate the mirror 11.

The motor 14 may be a driving device of an electric motor, an engine, or an electric machine, among others. The output driving end of the motor 14 is connected to the mirror 11, and the input signal end of the motor may be connected to the controller 13 described in the embodiment of fig. 2 to obtain the control signal from the controller 13, alternatively, the input signal end of the motor 14 may also directly receive the control signal sent by other components.

The motor 14 in this embodiment is used to drive the reflector 11 to rotate, so as to change an included angle between the reflector 11 and the supporting rod 12, and further change a relative position between a reflector surface of the reflector 11 and a headlight of a vehicle, thereby realizing adjustment of a side illumination area of the vehicle.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a vehicle auxiliary lighting device according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 4 (fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the cavity 15 disposed inside the vehicle), the vehicle auxiliary lighting device according to the present embodiment further includes: a cavity 15 arranged inside or outside the vehicle, wherein the cavity 15 is provided with a cover plate 16 which can be opened and closed; the cover 16 is located inside, outside or integrally formed with the housing of the vehicle.

When the cover plate 16 is opened, the support rod 12 and the reflector 11 can extend out of or retract into the cavity 15; the support rod 12 and the reflecting mirror 11 are received in the cavity when the cover 16 is closed.

The cavity 15 is used for accommodating the support rod 12 and the reflector 11, and may be disposed inside the vehicle or, alternatively, may be disposed outside the vehicle. The minimum volume of the cavity 15 may fully accommodate the volume occupied by the support rod 12 after it has been retracted to its shortest length, plus the volume occupied by the mirror 11, or plus the volume occupied by the motor 14. The cover plate 16 is used to shield a space formed by the cavity 15, and may be disposed inside or outside the vehicle or integrally formed with a housing of the vehicle. Alternatively, when the cover 16 is provided on a housing panel of the vehicle front body, specifically, on a panel of the area near the vehicle headlights, the distance between the position thereof and the position of the vehicle headlights may be set according to actual requirements.

In this embodiment, a cavity 15 is provided inside or outside the vehicle, and the reflector 11 for achieving side illumination of the vehicle, and the support rod 12 connected thereto, and/or the motor 14 connected thereto, may be placed in the cavity 15 when not in use, and at this time, the cover 16 on the cavity 15 is closed. When the vehicle needs to use the reflector 11, the cover plate 16 can be opened first, so that the reflector 11 can extend out of the cavity 15 to the outside of the vehicle, so as to use the reflector 11; accordingly, when the mirror 11 is used up, the vehicle can also house the mirror 11 back inside the cavity 15 in order to place the mirror 11.

The vehicle auxiliary lighting device provided by the embodiment further comprises a cavity arranged inside or outside the vehicle, and the cavity is provided with a cover plate capable of being opened and closed; when the cover plate is opened, the support rod and the reflector extend out of or retract into the cavity; when the cover plate is closed, the support rod and the reflector are accommodated in the cavity. By above-mentioned structure can know, because bracing piece and speculum can be accomodate in the cavity when not being used, consequently, the cavity has played the guard action to speculum and bracing piece, so, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device that this application provided's life is longer, and because of the cavity can be set up inside the vehicle, the apron can also seal the cavity, so, has further improved the aesthetic property of vehicle.

In one embodiment, the present application provides a vehicle including the vehicle auxiliary lighting device described in any one of the above embodiments, and in particular, the manner of mounting the vehicle auxiliary lighting device on the vehicle may be referred to the contents described in the above embodiments, and will not be described repeatedly herein.

On the basis of the above embodiments, the present application also provides a vehicle auxiliary lighting method for controlling a vehicle auxiliary lighting device, which is applied to the above vehicle auxiliary lighting device and a vehicle, and the vehicle auxiliary lighting method of the present embodiment is explained below with reference to the structure of the above vehicle auxiliary lighting device.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a vehicle auxiliary lighting method according to an embodiment. The embodiment relates to a specific method for controlling the vehicle auxiliary lighting device to illuminate the side area of the vehicle, and as shown in fig. 5, the method comprises the following steps:

s101, obtaining state information of the vehicle and/or a side illumination demand signal of a vehicle user.

The state information is used for indicating the state of the vehicle, the state of the environment where the vehicle is located, and the operation state of the vehicle by the vehicle user, and may specifically include environment state information, vehicle running speed related information, and operation information of the vehicle user. The environmental status information may specifically include brightness information of ambient light, and the like; the vehicle running speed-related information may specifically include angular speed information of the vehicle, running speed information of the vehicle, and the like; the operation information of the vehicle user may specifically include start operation information of the vehicle by the vehicle user, stop operation information of the vehicle, and the like. The angular velocity information of the vehicle may describe the road condition of the vehicle during driving, for example, when the vehicle enters a turning road from a straight lane, the angular velocity of the vehicle is increased accordingly; the brightness information of the ambient light may describe the environmental condition of the vehicle during driving, for example, when the brightness of the ambient light is reduced, it indicates that the vehicle may enter a night driving state, or the vehicle may enter a cloudy or rainy driving state; the operation information of the vehicle user can describe the operation condition of the vehicle user on the vehicle, such as vehicle starting operation information, vehicle stopping operation information and the like, namely when the vehicle is started, the vehicle can turn on the vehicle auxiliary lighting device according to the corresponding vehicle starting operation information to illuminate the side area of the vehicle, and correspondingly, when the vehicle is stopped, the vehicle can turn off the vehicle auxiliary lighting device according to the corresponding vehicle stopping operation information to stop illuminating the side area of the vehicle. The side lighting demand signal of the vehicle user is a command signal input by the vehicle user on the vehicle, and is used for controlling the auxiliary lighting device of the vehicle on the vehicle to be switched on or switched off.

In this embodiment, the vehicle may obtain the state information of the vehicle through its own sensor, and/or obtain the side lighting demand signal of the vehicle user through a signal receiver or a controller, for example, the vehicle may obtain the brightness information of the ambient light through a light intensity measuring sensor, and the vehicle may also obtain the angular velocity information of the vehicle through an angular velocity sensor.

And S102, judging whether the vehicle meets a preset side lighting requirement condition or not according to the state information and/or the side lighting requirement signal.

The preset side lighting requirement condition is consistent with the content represented by the preset side lighting requirement condition in the embodiment of fig. 2, and may represent several application scenes when the vehicle needs to perform side area lighting, and when the vehicle is in any one of the several application scenes, the state information of the vehicle and/or the side lighting requirement signal may satisfy the side lighting requirement condition; when the vehicle is not in these several application scenarios, the status information of the vehicle and/or the side lighting demand signal cannot satisfy the side lighting demand condition.

In this embodiment, when the vehicle acquires the state information and/or the side lighting demand signal of the vehicle, the state information and/or the side lighting demand signal of the vehicle may be further compared with the side lighting demand condition, whether the state information and/or the side lighting demand signal of the vehicle can satisfy the side lighting demand condition is determined, a determination result is obtained, and corresponding operation is executed according to different determination results.

S103, if the side illumination requirement condition is met, the support rod of the vehicle auxiliary illumination device is controlled to extend out, so that the reflector of the vehicle auxiliary illumination device is driven to extend out to the front of a vehicle headlight, and a vehicle side illumination area is formed.

The embodiment relates to a situation that the state information and/or the side illumination demand signal of the vehicle can meet the side illumination demand condition, that is, when the vehicle is in any one of the above application scenes, the vehicle can automatically turn on the vehicle auxiliary illumination device to illuminate the side area of the vehicle, and the specific turning-on method comprises the following steps: the support rod in the auxiliary lighting device of the vehicle is controlled to extend to drive the reflector to move to the front position of the vehicle headlight, so that the reflector can effectively reflect emergent light of the vehicle headlight, and at the moment, the reflected light of the reflector can be projected to the side area of the vehicle to form a side lighting area of the vehicle.

The embodiment provides a vehicle auxiliary lighting method, which comprises the following steps: acquiring state information of a vehicle and/or a side lighting demand signal of a vehicle user; judging whether the vehicle meets a preset side lighting requirement condition or not according to the state information and/or a side lighting requirement signal of a vehicle user; if the requirement condition of side lighting is met, the support rod of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is controlled to extend out, so that the reflector of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is driven to extend out of the front of a vehicle headlight, and a vehicle side lighting area is formed. In the vehicle auxiliary lighting method, the reflector is moved to the front position of the vehicle headlight by the vehicle, so that the reflector can reflect emergent light of the vehicle headlight, and further the side area of the vehicle is lighted. In addition, the vehicle can also be according to the actual state of vehicle, and the control bracing piece drives the speculum and removes the place ahead position of vehicle headlight, realizes the illumination to vehicle side area, and this process is the automatic operation process of vehicle, so, the vehicle auxiliary lighting method that this application provided can improve the intelligence of vehicle.

Optionally, after the supporting rod of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device is controlled to extend to drive the reflector of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device to extend to the front of the vehicle headlight to form a vehicle side lighting area, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device further comprises: when the vehicle does not meet the requirement of side illumination, the support rod is controlled to contract to drive the reflector to contract.

In this embodiment, when the vehicle is at every turn after using up the speculum, need to retract the speculum, be about to the speculum removes from the place ahead of vehicle headlight on, in an application, the vehicle can all accomodate the inside of vehicle with the speculum to and the bracing piece that is connected with it, and/or motor, specifically, can accomodate the cavity that sets up on the vehicle, so that protect the vehicle auxiliary lighting device of installing on the vehicle, prevent that vehicle auxiliary lighting device is because of exposing at the outside of vehicle, and easily suffer destruction. The specific containing method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps of obtaining state information and/or side lighting demand signals of a vehicle, judging whether the state information and/or the side lighting demand signals can meet side lighting demand conditions or not, if not, enabling a reflector at the moment to be outside the vehicle, enabling a vehicle control supporting rod to drive the reflector to contract, enabling the reflector to move towards the inside of the vehicle, and enabling the reflector and the supporting rod to completely contract to the inside of the vehicle. In another application, the vehicle can also control the support rod to contract, so as to drive the reflector to contract to other positions outside the vehicle, so that the reflector is moved away from the front position of the vehicle headlight.

Optionally, the side lighting requirement conditions related to the above several embodiments include at least one of: the ambient light brightness is less than a preset brightness threshold, the angular velocity of the vehicle is greater than a preset angular velocity threshold, and/or the vehicle receives a side lighting demand signal from a vehicle user.

The preset brightness threshold is used for identifying the type of the environment where the vehicle is located, when the ambient light brightness is smaller than the preset brightness threshold, the environment where the vehicle is located may be one of the environments of night, cloudy days and rainy days, and when the ambient light brightness is larger than the preset brightness threshold, the environment where the vehicle is located may be one of the environments of daytime, sunny days and bright places. The preset angular velocity threshold is used for identifying the condition of the road on which the vehicle runs, when the angular velocity of the vehicle is greater than the preset angular velocity threshold, the vehicle runs on the turning road, and when the angular velocity of the vehicle is less than the preset angular velocity threshold, the vehicle does not run on the turning road. The side illumination demand signal of the vehicle user in this embodiment may specifically include an activation signal and a deactivation signal, where the activation signal is used to instruct the vehicle to activate the vehicle auxiliary illumination device to illuminate the side area of the vehicle; the turn-off signal is used for instructing the vehicle to turn off the auxiliary lighting device of the vehicle and stop lighting the side area of the vehicle.

In practical applications, when the vehicle utilizes the vehicle auxiliary lighting device to illuminate a side area, the size of the side area can be adjusted according to the position of the reflector relative to the vehicle headlight, and the vehicle auxiliary lighting device further includes a motor, the reflector is connected to the motor, and the motor is connected to the support rod, and with the application of this structure, the vehicle auxiliary lighting method provided by this embodiment may further include: and controlling a motor of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device to drive the reflector to rotate according to the state information of the vehicle and/or the side lighting demand signal of the vehicle user.

The present embodiment is applied to the vehicle auxiliary lighting device shown in the foregoing embodiment of fig. 3, in which the motor may drive the reflector to rotate by a preset angle according to a control signal input by a user or other control signals. The specific process is as follows: the motor on the vehicle can receive state information of the vehicle and/or a side illumination demand signal of a vehicle user, and obtains a corresponding control signal from the state information and/or the side illumination demand signal of the vehicle user, and the control signal is input to an input signal end of the motor to drive the reflector to rotate, so that a reflector surface of the reflector can rotate to a position with a proper angle, emergent light of a front lamp of the vehicle is reflected to the side of the vehicle, and a side illumination area of the vehicle is formed. It should be noted that different state information and/or the side lighting demand signal of the vehicle user correspond to different control signals, and the corresponding relationship between the state information and/or the side lighting demand signal of the vehicle user and the control signals may be predefined.

And the size of the side lighting area of the vehicle can be changed by adjusting the included angle between the reflector and the support rod. When the size of the side illumination area of the vehicle needs to be adjusted, the motor can be controlled to drive the reflector to rotate by a preset angle according to the corresponding relation between the size of the side illumination area and the included angle, so that the reflector rotates to a position capable of meeting the requirements of a user. It should be noted that the motor in this embodiment can drive the mirror to rotate in any plane.

In one embodiment, as can be seen from the vehicle auxiliary lighting device described in the foregoing fig. 4 embodiment, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device further includes a cavity disposed inside or outside the vehicle, the cavity is provided with a cover plate that can be opened and closed, the cover plate is located inside or outside the vehicle or is integrally formed with a housing of the vehicle, and in this case, before a support rod of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device protrudes from the cavity, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device further includes: and controlling a cover plate on the vehicle auxiliary lighting device to be opened so that the supporting rod drives the reflector to extend out of the vehicle from the position of the cover plate.

The embodiment relates to a cavity arranged on a vehicle, and an application scene required by a reflector, a support rod and/or a motor in a vehicle auxiliary lighting device can be placed by utilizing the cavity. Accordingly, when the vehicle uses the reflector and moves the reflector into the cavity by the shrinkage of the support rod, the vehicle needs to close the cover plate on the cavity.

In summary, the vehicle auxiliary lighting device and the method provided by the present application, on one hand, realize lighting of the vehicle side area, and on the other hand, realize that the vehicle automatically controls the vehicle auxiliary lighting device to be turned on and off according to the state information and/or the side lighting demand signal. In addition, the vehicle has played the guard action to vehicle auxiliary lighting device through setting up the cavity. Therefore, it can be seen from the above description that the vehicle auxiliary lighting device provided by the present application has high intelligence and high reliability, thereby further improving the practicability of the vehicle auxiliary lighting device.

It should be understood that, although the steps in the flowchart of fig. 5 are shown in order as indicated by the arrows, the steps are not necessarily performed in order as indicated by the arrows. The steps are not performed in the exact order shown and described, and may be performed in other orders, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Moreover, at least a portion of the steps in fig. 5 may include multiple sub-steps or multiple stages that are not necessarily performed at the same time, but may be performed at different times, and the order of performance of the sub-steps or stages is not necessarily sequential.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by hardware instructions of a computer program, which can be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, and when executed, can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above. Any reference to memory, storage, database, or other medium used in the embodiments provided herein may include non-volatile and/or volatile memory, among others. Non-volatile memory can include read-only memory (ROM), Programmable ROM (PROM), Electrically Programmable ROM (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can include Random Access Memory (RAM) or external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in a variety of forms such as Static RAM (SRAM), Dynamic RAM (DRAM), Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), Enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous Link (Synchlink) DRAM (SLDRAM), Rambus Direct RAM (RDRAM), direct bus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and bus dynamic RAM (RDRAM).

The technical features of the above embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described, but should be considered as the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.