US Patent Issued to Harley-Davidson Motor on Feb. 17 for "Daylight override for vehicle headlight control" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,481, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Inc. (Milwaukee).

"Daylight override for vehicle headlight control" was invented by Matthew Rasmussen (Muskego, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for controlling a high beam headlight of a vehicle. One system includes a high beam headlight mounted on a vehicle, a sensor mounted on the vehicle, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to receive an input to turn on the high beam headlight, determine a status of an override of an automatic high beam function of the vehicle, and determine a current time of d...