Apple Develops Smart Car Interior Light System

American multinational technology company, Apple has developed a smart car interior light system that could make its way to the highly-anticipated Apple Car. The newly developed feature is expected to enable users to find something in the cabin actually easy.

A patent called “system and method for adjustable lighting based on occupant and object identification in a vehicle” is expected to provide users with a closer look at everything, reveling such a system would rely on sensors and smart components that would work together to direct light exactly where users’ needs it.

The system includes a dedicated chip and a lighting control signal unit that would receive information from the sensors to determine where exactly it needs to send light.

An adjustable and controllable spotlight would be installed in the car, though at first glance, there’s a chance Apple wants to use several of them, just to make sure it can even send light to hard-to-reach areas.

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Apple admits in the patent document that the system currently installed on its cars comes with so many shortcomings.

“Conventional vehicle interior lights are static and typically vehicle occupants have to control the lights using a switch or a physical button. A conventional vehicle interior light may only illuminate a limited area while failing to illuminate large swaths of the interior of the vehicle,” the company says.

“As an example, the vehicle occupant may be attempting to find an object dropped onto the floor of the vehicle at night. When the occupant turns on a light mounted on the roof of the vehicle, the light may not be helpful because the occupant's body may create a shadow or the light may not illuminate a correct location within the vehicle. Objects within the vehicle also may be difficult to view based on limited lighting options in the interior of the vehicle.”