FORM 2
THE PATENTS ACT 1970
[39 OF 1970]
&
THE PATENTS RULES, 2003
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
[See section 10; Rule 13]
TITLE: “MOOD LIGHTING OF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER”
Name and Address of the Applicant:
MINDA INSTRUMENTS LIMITED of Gut No. 287, 291-295, 298, 285/1, 286/1 Nanekarwadi
Chakan, Taluka - Khed, Pune - 410501, Maharashtra, India.
Nationality: Indian
The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed.

TECHNICAL FIELD
[001] The present invention relates to the field of automotive, more particularly, but not exclusively, to a method and a mood lighting system for an instrument cluster in a vehicle. 5
BACKGROUND ART
[002] People spend seemingly endless amount of time getting to, waiting for, and traveling in
vehicles. Traveling is time consuming at best, and boring, frustrating, irritating, and stressful at
worst. Rush hour traffic; accidents; inexperienced, incompetent, or dangerous vehicle operators;
10 and poorly maintained roads, among other inevitabilities, also complicate vehicular transportation,
leading to stress. This may even cause accidents and is therefore not desired. Hence, there is a need to overcome problems mentioned above.
[003] The information disclosed in this background of the disclosure section is only for
15 enhancement of understanding of the general background of the invention and should not be taken
as an acknowledgement or any form of suggestion that this information forms the prior art already known to a person skilled in the art.
SUMMARY
20 [004] The present disclosure tries to address the aforesaid problem associated in the field of
automotive.
[005] In an embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a mood lighting system for operating an instrument cluster for mood lighting in a vehicle. The system comprising a processor, and a
25 memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores processor-
executable instructions. The processor is configured to receive at least one of speed sensor data, GPS data, and wellness data from one or more sources. Subsequently, the processor is configured to determine a state of a driver of the vehicle by comparing at least one of the speed sensor data, the GPS data, and the wellness data from the one or more sources with at least one of the historic
30 speed sensor data, the historic GPS data, and the historic wellness data and generate a comparison
result. Thereafter, the processor is configured to determine a value associated with at least one mood lighting colour based on the comparison result. Lastly, the processor is configured to transmit the value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to the instrument cluster of the vehicle in real-time to operate the instrument cluster to illuminate the at least one mood
35 lighting colour to either enhance or maintain the mood of the driver while commuting.
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[006] In another embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a method for operating an
instrument cluster for mood lighting in a vehicle. The method comprising receiving at least one of
speed sensor data, GPS data, and wellness data from one or more sources. Subsequently, the
5 method comprising determining a state of a driver of the vehicle by comparing at least one of the
speed sensor data, the GPS data, and the wellness data from the one or more sources with at least
one of historic speed sensor data, historic GPS data, and historic wellness data and generating a
comparison result. Thereafter, the method comprising determining a value associated with at least
one mood lighting colour based on the comparison result. Lastly, the method comprising
10 transmitting the value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to the instrument
cluster of the vehicle in real-time to operate the instrument cluster to illuminate the at least one mood lighting colour to either enhance or maintain the mood of the driver while commuting.
[007] The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting.
15 In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects,
embodiments, and features will become apparent by reference to the drawings and the following detailed description.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS
20 [008] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this
disclosure, illustrate exemplary embodiments and together with the description, serve to explain
the disclosed principles. In the figures, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the
figure in which the reference number first appears. The same numbers are used throughout the
figures to reference like features and components. Some embodiments of system and methods in
25 accordance with embodiments of the present subject matter are now described below, by way of
example only, and with reference to the accompanying figures.
[009] FIG. 1 illustrates an environment for operating an instrument cluster for mood lighting in a vehicle in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. 30
[010] FIG. 2 shows a detailed block diagram of a mood lighting system in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure.
[011] FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart showing a method for operating an instrument cluster for
35 mood lighting in a vehicle in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure.
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[012] FIG. 4 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary system for implementing embodiments consistent with the present disclosure.
5 [013] It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that any block diagrams herein represent
conceptual views of illustrative systems embodying the principles of the present subject matter.
Similarly, it will be appreciated that any flowcharts, flow diagrams, state transition diagrams,
pseudo code, and the like represent various processes which may be substantially represented in
computer readable medium and executed by a computer or processor, whether or not such
10 computer or processor is explicitly shown.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[014] In the present document, the word "exemplary" is used herein to mean "serving as an
example, instance, or illustration." Any embodiment or implementation of the present subject
15 matter described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or
advantageous over other embodiments.
[015] While the disclosure is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific
embodiment thereof has been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in
20 detail below. It should be understood, however that it is not intended to limit the disclosure to the
particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the disclosure is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure.
[016] The terms “comprises”, “comprising”, or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover
25 a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a setup, device or method that comprises a list of components
or steps does not include only those components or steps but may include other components or
steps not expressly listed or inherent to such setup or device or method. In other words, one or
more elements in a system or apparatus proceeded by “comprises… a” does not, without more
constraints, preclude the existence of other elements or additional elements in the system or
30 method.
[017] In the following detailed description of the embodiments of the disclosure, reference is
made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of
illustration specific embodiments in which the disclosure may be practiced. These embodiments
35 are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the disclosure, and it
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is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The following description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense.

[018] Table 1
Abbreviation Description
I-O interface Input-Output interface
CDMA Code-Division Multiple Access
HSPA+ High-Speed Packet Access
GSM Global System for Mobile communications
GPS Global Positioning System
LTE Long-Term Evolution
WiMax Worldwide interoperability for Microwave access
BLE Bluetooth Low Energy
DSRC Dedicated Short-Range Communications
C-V2X Cellular Vehicle to Everything
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Discs
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
FPGA Field-Programmable Gate Arrays
PGA Programmable Gate Array
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
RAM Random Access Memory
ROM Read-Only Memory
Misc Miscellaneous
RCA Radio Corporation of America
USB Universal Serial Bus
PS/2 Personal System/2
BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman
DVI Digital Visual Interface
HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface
RF Radio Frequency
VGA Video Graphics Array
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
TFT Thin Film Transistor
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LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LED Light-Emitting Diode
PDP Plasma Display Panel
OLED Organic Light-Emitting Diode
SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
IDE Integrated Drive Electronics
SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface
HTTPS Hypertext Transport Protocol
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
TLS Transport Layer Security
APIs Application Programming Interfaces
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
MAPI Messaging Application Programming Interface
POP Post Office Protocol
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
CPU Central Processing Unit
PV Passenger Vehicle
CV Commercial Vehicle
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
[019] FIG. 1 illustrates an environment for operating an instrument cluster for mood lighting in a vehicle in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure.
[020] With reference to FIG. 1, the environment 100 includes a vehicle 101, a communication network 107, a user device 109, and a mood lighting system 111. The vehicle 101 comprises at least one speed sensor 103 and an instrument cluster 105. In the present disclosure, the vehicle 101 may be any type of motor vehicle, not limiting to, a PV or CV or off-road vehicle and the like. The data from the speed sensor 103 (also, referred as speed sensor data) indicate cruising patterns of the vehicle 101. In detail, the cruising patterns of the vehicle 101 refer to how quickly the vehicle 101 is up-speeding and/or down-speeding, frequency of accelerating/decelerating the vehicle 101, and time for which the vehicle 101 is not moving with a steady speed for a threshold amount of time. The threshold amount of time may be set as per an industry standards/ automotive safety standards.

[021] The speed sensor 103 of the vehicle 101 is communicatively coupled to the mood lighting
system 111 via the communication network 107. The data from the speed sensor 103 of the vehicle
101 is transmitted to the mood lighting system 111 using the communication network 107. For
5 simplicity, the data from one speed sensor 103 is considered in the present disclosure. However,
in practice or in reality, there may be at least one speed sensor 103 and the data from the at least one speed sensor 103 of the vehicle 101 may be transmitted to the mood lighting system 111 using the communication network 107.
10 [022] The instrument cluster 105 of the vehicle 101 comprises, but not limited to, one or more
LCDs, or TFT display, or LEDs, or any combination thereof. The instrument cluster 105 of the vehicle 101 is communicatively coupled to the mood lighting system 111 via the communication network 107. The instrument cluster 105 receives a value associated with at least one mood lighting colour from the mood lighting system 111 in real-time to illuminate the at least one mood
15 lighting colour. Thereafter, the instrument cluster 105 changes an existing mood lighting colour in
the vehicle 101 to the at least one mood lighting colour.
[023] The user device 109 refers to any electronic device which includes, but not limited to, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant, a smart watch, and the like, which contains a mobile
20 application installed within related to the mood lighting system 111. The user device 109 may
include a GPS sensor to collect GPS data. The user device 109 is communicatively coupled to the instrument cluster 105 of the vehicle 101 through wireless means, which includes but not restricted to BLE, Wi-fi and the like. In one embodiment, the GPS data could also be derived or obtained from the instrument cluster 105 of the vehicle 101 as well. The GPS data comprises GPS
25 information on futuristic traffic conditions along a vehicle path towards a destination location. The
GPS data is used for indication on the futuristic traffic conditions by identifying red alarms (i.e., heavy traffic) while the vehicle 101 moves towards the destination location. Further, the user device 109 may also collect or receive wellness data of a driver of the vehicle 101 through his/her fitness band or wearable smart watch (not shown in FIG. 1). The wellness data comprises, but not
30 limited to, a sleep pattern, a body temperature, a pulse rate, and a blood pressure of the driver of
the vehicle 101. In the present disclosure, the driver of the vehicle 101 is also referred as a vehicle user.
[024] The mood lighting system 111 includes an I-O interface 113, a memory 115, and a
35 processor 117. The I-O interface 113 is configured to communicate with the one or more sources.
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The I-O interface 113 may include communication protocols/methods such as, without limitation,
audio, analog, digital, monaural, RCA connector, stereo, IEEE® 1394 high speed serial bus, serial
bus, USB, infrared, PS/2 port, BNC connector, coaxial, component, composite, DVI, HDMI®, RF
antennas, S Video, VGA, IEEE® 802.11b/g/n/x, Bluetooth, cellular e.g., CDMA, HSPA+, GSM®,
5 LTE®, WiMax®, DSRC, C-V2X, or the like.
[025] The memory 115 is communicatively coupled to the processor 117 of the mood lighting
system 111. The memory 115 stores historic speed sensor data, historic GPS data, historic wellness
data, and prestored values associated with mood lighting colours. The historic speed sensor data
10 comprises cruising patterns of the vehicle 101. In detail, the cruising pattern refers how quickly
the vehicle 101 is up-speeding and/or down-speeding, frequency of accelerating/decelerating the
vehicle 101, and time for which the vehicle 101 is not moving with a steady speed for a threshold
amount of time. The historic GPS data comprises historic GPS information on futuristic traffic
conditions along a vehicle path towards a destination location. The historic wellness data
15 comprises at least one of a sleep pattern, a body temperature, a pulse rate, and a blood pressure of
the driver of the vehicle 101. The prestored values comprises values associated with mood lighting
colours. In detail, when a state of the driver of the vehicle 101 is a stressed state, a (first) value
associated with the at least one mood lighting colour is determined. The (first) value associated
with the mood lighting colours may be a sky-blue colour, a pale yellow, a gentle green, or a soft
20 blue. Analogously, when the state of the driver of the vehicle 101 is a not stressed state, a (second)
value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour is determined. The (second) value
associated with the mood lighting colours may be an orange colour, a soft grey colour, a deep
green colour, or a dark grey colour. The memory 115, also, stores processor instructions which
cause the processor 117 to execute the instructions for operating the instrument cluster 105 in real-
25 time in the vehicle 101. The memory 115 is updated at pre-defined intervals of time. These updates
relate to the historic speed sensor data, the historic GPS data, and the historic wellness data. The
term “historic” refers to from the past. The mood lighting colours for stressed state and not stressed
state is not, however, limited to aforementioned colours and may change as per the requirement.
30 [026] In one embodiment, a database may be communicatively coupled to the mood lighting
system 111, the vehicle 101 and the user device 109 (not shown in FIG. 1). Instead of the memory 115 storing the historic speed sensor data, the historic GPS data, and the historic wellness data, the database may store the historic speed sensor data, the historic GPS data, and the historic wellness data. The database may be updated at pre-defined intervals of time. These updates may relate to
35 the historic speed sensor data, the historic GPS data, and the historic wellness data.
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[027] The processor 117 includes at least one data processor for operating the instrument cluster 105 for mood lighting in the vehicle 101 in real-time.
5 [028] Hereafter, the operation of the mood lighting system 111 for operating the instrument
cluster 105 in real-time in the vehicle 101 is described.
[029] Consider a situation when a driver of the vehicle 101 is driving the vehicle 101 or is stationary. The mood lighting system 111 receives at least one of the speed sensor data, the GPS
10 data, and the wellness data from the one or more sources. The one or more sources refer to at least
one of the speed sensor 103 of the vehicle 101, the instrument cluster 105 of the vehicle 101, and the user device 109. The mood lighting system 111 receives the speed sensor data from the speed sensor 103 of the vehicle 101, the GPS data from the instrument cluster 105 of the vehicle 101 or the user device 109, and the wellness data from the user device 109. The speed sensor data
15 indicates cruising patterns of the vehicle 101. In detail, the cruising pattern refers how quickly the
vehicle 101 is up-speeding and/or down-speeding, frequency of accelerating/decelerating the vehicle 101, and time for which the vehicle 101 is not moving with a steady speed for a threshold amount of time. For example, the speed sensor data indicates if the vehicle 101 is applied with continuous brakes due to heavy traffic. The wellness data comprises at least one of a sleep pattern,
20 a body temperature, a pulse rate, and a blood pressure of the driver of the vehicle 101. For example,
the wellness data indicates if blood pressure of the driver is high. The GPS data comprises GPS information on futuristic traffic conditions along a vehicle path towards a destination location. For example, the GPS data indicates red lines suggesting heavy traffic ahead in direction towards the destination location. Thereafter, the mood lighting system 111 determines a state of a driver of the
25 vehicle 101 by comparing at least one of the speed sensor data, the GPS data, and the wellness
data from the one or more sources with at least one of the historic speed sensor data, the historic GPS data, and the historic wellness data and generating a comparison result. The state of the driver is one of a stressed state or a not stressed state. Subsequently, the mood lighting system 111 determines a value associated with at least one mood lighting colour based on the comparison
30 result. In detail, when the state of the driver of the vehicle 101 is a stressed state, the mood lighting
system 111 determines the (first) value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to be a sky-blue colour, a pale yellow, a gentle green, or a soft blue. When the state of the driver of the vehicle 101 is a not stressed state, the mood lighting system 111 determines the (second) value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to be an orange colour, a soft grey colour, a
35 deep green colour, or a dark grey colour. For example, if the mood lighting system 111 determines
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the state of the driver of the vehicle 101 is stressed state, the mood lighting system 111 determines
the (first) value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to be a sky-blue colour, a
pale yellow, a gentle green, or a soft blue or any suitable calming colour to provide soothing effect
to enhance the mood of the driver of the vehicle 101. If the mood lighting system 111 determines
5 the state of the driver of the vehicle 101 is not-stressed state, the mood lighting system 111
determines the (second) value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to be an orange
colour, a soft grey colour, a deep green colour, or a dark grey colour or any soothing colour to
maintain good mood of the driver of the vehicle 101. The mood lighting system 111 transmit the
value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to the instrument cluster 105 of the
10 vehicle 101 in real-time to operate the instrument cluster 105 to illuminate the at least one mood
lighting colour. Upon receiving the value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour, the instrument cluster 105 changes existing mood lighting colour in the vehicle 101 to the at least one mood lighting colour.
15 [030] For example, whenever the driver is commuting through a traffic dense road, one of the
speed sensor, or GPS sensor, or wellness sensor detects speed reduction of the vehicle 101, or location of the vehicle 101, or pulse rate and accordingly generates speed data, or GPS data, or wellness data. This data is then compared by the processor 117 of the mood lighting system 111 with historic data. If the sensed speed data is less than the historic speed data value, the mood
20 lighting system 111 senses that the driver is in stressed state and generates a compared result. The
mood lighting system 111 determines a value associated with the stressed state mood lighting colour based on the comparison and transmits this value to the instrument cluster 105 to enable illumination of at least one of the sky-blue colour, pale yellow, gentle green, or soft blue or any suitable calming colour to provide soothing effect to enhance the mood of the driver of the vehicle
25 101. Further, when the driver is commuting through a less traffic dense road, the speed of the
vehicle 101 is near to constant, the speed sensor detects constant speed of the vehicle 101 and generates speed data. This data is then compared by the processor 117 of the mood lighting system 111 with historic speed data. When the sensed speed data is greater than equal to the historic speed data value, the mood lighting system 111 senses that the driver is in not stressed state and generates
30 a compared result. The mood lighting system 111 determines a value associated with the not
stressed state mood lighting colour based on the comparison and transmits this value to the instrument cluster 105 to enable illumination of at least one of the orange colour, soft grey colour, deep green colour, or dark grey colour or any soothing colour to maintain good mood of the driver of the vehicle 101.
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[031] FIG. 2 shows a detailed block diagram of a mood lighting system in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure.
[032] The mood lighting system 111 include the I-O interface 113, the processor 117, data 201,
5 and one or more modules 213 (also, referred as modules or units), which are described herein in
detail.
[033] The mood lighting system 111 communicates with the vehicle 101 and the user device 109
via the I-O interface 113 and the communication network 107. The I-O interface 113 employs
10 communication protocols or methods such as, without limitation, Bluetooth, cellular e.g., CDMA,
HSPA+, GSM, LTE, NR, WiMax, NG interface, or the like.
[034] The processor 117 includes at least one data processor for operating the instrument cluster
105 for mood lighting in the vehicle 101. The processor 117 includes specialized processing units
15 such as, without limitation, integrated system (bus) controllers, memory management control
units, floating point units, graphics processing units, digital signal processing units, etc.
[035] In an embodiment, the data 201 may be stored within the memory 115. The memory 115 is communicatively coupled to the processor 117 of the mood lighting system 111. The memory
20 115, also, store processor instructions which may cause the processor 117 to execute the
instructions for operating the instrument cluster 105 for mood lighting in the vehicle 101. The memory 115 includes, without limitation, memory drives, etc. The memory drives may further include a drum, magnetic disc drive, magneto-optical drive, optical drive, RAID, solid-state memory devices, solid-state drives, etc.
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[036] The data 201 may include, for example, historic sensor data 203, historic wellness data 205, historic GPS data 207, prestored data 209, and miscellaneous data 211.
[037] The historic sensor data 203 comprises historic speed sensor data of the vehicle 101, which
30 indicates cruising patterns of the vehicle 101. In detail, the cruising pattern refers how quickly the
vehicle 101 is up-speeding and/or down-speeding, frequency of accelerating/decelerating the vehicle 101, and time for which the vehicle 101 is not moving with a steady speed for a threshold amount of time.

[038] The historic wellness data 205 comprises at least one of a sleep pattern, a body temperature, a pulse rate, and a blood pressure of the driver of the vehicle 101.
[039] The historic GPS data 207 comprises historic GPS information on futuristic traffic
5 conditions along a vehicle path towards a destination location.
[040] The prestored data 209 comprises values associated with mood lighting colours (also, referred as prestored values).
10 [041] The miscellaneous data 211 stores data, including temporary data and temporary files,
generated by one or more modules 213 for performing the various functions of the mood lighting system 111.
[042] In an embodiment, the data 201 in the memory 115 are processed by the one or more
15 modules 213 present within the memory 115 of the mood lighting system 111. The one or more
modules 213 may be implemented as dedicated hardware units. As used herein, the term module
refers to at least one of an ASIC, an electronic circuit, a FPGA, a combinational logic circuit, and
other suitable components that provide the described functionality. In some implementations, the
one or more modules 213 are communicatively coupled to the processor 117 for performing one
20 or more functions of the mood lighting system 111. The one or more modules 213 when configured
with the functionality defined in the present disclosure will result in a novel hardware.
[043] In one implementation, the one or more modules 213 include, but are not limited to, a
receiving module 215, a mood detecting module 217, and a transmitting module 219. The one or
25 more modules 213, also, include miscellaneous modules 221 to perform various miscellaneous
functionalities of the mood lighting system 111.
[044] Receiving module 215: The receiving module 215 receives at least one of speed sensor data, GPS data, and wellness data from one or more sources.
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[045] Mood detecting module 217: The mood detecting module 217 determine a state of a driver of the vehicle 101 by comparing at least one of the speed sensor data, the GPS data, and the wellness data from the one or more sources with at least one of the historic speed sensor data, the historic GPS data, and the historic wellness data and generates a comparison result. Thereafter, the
35 mood detecting module 217 determines a value associated with at least one mood lighting colour
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based on the comparison result. In detail, when the state of the driver of the vehicle 101 is the
stressed state, the mood detecting module 217 determines the value associated with the at least one
mood lighting colour to be a sky-blue colour, a pale yellow, a gentle green, or a soft blue. When
the state of the driver of the vehicle 101 is the not stressed state, the mood detecting module 217
5 determines the value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to be an orange colour,
a soft grey colour, a deep green colour, or a dark grey colour.
[046] Transmitting module 219: The transmitting module 219 transmit the value associated with
the at least one mood lighting colour to the instrument cluster 105 of the vehicle 101 in real-time
10 to operate the instrument cluster 105 to illuminate the at least one mood lighting colour to either
enhance or maintain the mood of the driver while commuting.
[047] FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart showing a method for operating an instrument cluster for mood lighting in a vehicle in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure.
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[048] As illustrated in FIG. 3, the method 300 includes one or more steps for operating an instrument cluster for mood lighting in a vehicle in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. The method 300 may be described in the general context of computer executable instructions. Generally, computer executable instructions can include routines,
20 programs, objects, components, data structures, procedures, modules, and functions, which
perform particular functions or implement particular abstract data types.
[049] The order in which the method 300 is described is not intended to be construed as a
limitation, and any number of the described method steps can be combined in any order to
25 implement the method. Additionally, individual steps may be deleted from the methods without
departing from the scope of the subject matter described herein. Furthermore, the method can be implemented in any suitable hardware, software, firmware, or combination thereof.
[050] At step 301, the receiving module 215 of the mood lighting system 111 receives at least
30 one of speed sensor data, GPS data, and wellness data from one or more sources. The speed sensor
data indicates cruising patterns of the vehicle 101. The wellness data comprises at least one of a sleep pattern, a body temperature, a pulse rate, and a blood pressure of the driver of the vehicle 101. The GPS data comprises GPS information on futuristic traffic conditions along a vehicle path towards a destination location. 35
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[051] At step 303, the mood detecting module 217 of the mood lighting system 111 determines a state of a driver of the vehicle 101 by comparing at least one of the speed sensor data, the GPS data, and the wellness data from the one or more sources with at least one of the historic speed sensor data, the historic GPS data, and the historic wellness data and generate a comparison result. 5
[052] At step 305, the mood detecting module 217 of the mood lighting system 111 determines a value associated with at least one mood lighting colour based on the comparison result.
[053] At step 307, the transmitting module 219 of the mood lighting system 111 transmits the
10 value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to the instrument cluster of the vehicle
101 in real-time to operate the instrument cluster to illuminate the at least one mood lighting colour to either enhance or maintain the mood of the driver while commuting.
[054] At step 309, the instrument cluster 105 of the vehicle 101 changes existing mood lighting
15 colour in the vehicle 101 to the at least one mood lighting colour based on the comparison result.
[055] FIG. 4 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary system for implementing embodiments consistent with the present disclosure.
20 [056] In an embodiment, the computer system 400 may be used to implement the mood lighting
system 111. The computer system 400 may include a CPU or processor 402. The processor 402 may include at least one data processor for operating an instrument cluster for mood lighting in a vehicle. The processor 402 may include specialized processing units such as, integrated system (bus) controllers, memory management control units, floating point units, graphics processing units,
25 digital signal processing units, etc. The processor 402 may be used to realize the processor 117
described in FIG 2.
[057] The processor 402 may be disposed in communication with one or more I-O devices (not
shown in FIG. 4) via I-O interface 401. The I-O interface 401 employ communication
30 protocols/methods such as, without limitation, audio, analog, digital, monaural, RCA connector,
stereo, IEEE-1394 high speed serial bus, serial bus, USB, infrared, PS/2 port, BNC connector, coaxial, component, composite, DVI, HDMI, RF antennas, S-Video, VGA, IEEE 802.11b/g/n/x, Bluetooth, cellular e.g., CDMA, HSPA+, GSM, LTE, WiMax, etc.
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[058] Using the I-O interface 401, the computer system 400 may communicate with one or more
I-O devices such as input devices 412 and output devices 413. For example, the input devices 412
may be an antenna, keyboard, mouse, joystick, (infrared) remote control, camera, card reader, fax
machine, dongle, biometric reader, microphone, touch screen, touchpad, trackball, stylus, scanner,
5 storage device, transceiver, video device/source, etc. The output devices 413 may be a printer, fax
machine, video display (e.g., CRT, LCD, LED, plasma, PDP, OLED or the like), audio speaker, etc.
[059] In some embodiments, the computer system 400 consists of the mood lighting system 111.
10 The processor 402 may be disposed in communication with the communication network 107 via a
network interface 403. The network interface 403 may communicate with the communication network 107. The network interface 403 may employ connection protocols including, without limitation, direct connect, Ethernet (e.g., twisted pair 10/100/1000 Base T), TCP/IP, token ring, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/x, etc. Using the network interface 403 and the communication network 107,
15 the computer system 400 may communicate with the vehicle 101, and the user device 109 for
operating an instrument cluster for mood lighting in the vehicle 101.
[060] The communication network 107 includes, but is not limited to, a direct interconnection, a
P2P network, LAN, WAN, wireless network (e.g., using Wireless Application Protocol), the
20 Internet, and Wi-Fi.
[061] In some embodiments, the processor 402 may be disposed in communication with a memory
405 (e.g., RAM, ROM, etc. not shown in FIG. 4) via a storage interface 404. The storage interface
404 may connect to the memory 405 including, without limitation, memory drives, removable disc
25 drives, etc., employing connection protocols such as, SATA, IDE, IEEE-1394, USB, fiber channel,
SCSI, etc. The memory drives may further include a drum, magnetic disc drive, magneto-optical drive, optical drive, RAID, solid-state memory devices, solid-state drives, etc.
[062] The memory 405 may store a collection of program or database components, including,
30 without limitation, a user interface 406, an operating system 407, etc. In some embodiments, the
computer system 400 may store user/application data, such as, the historic speed sensor data 203,
the historic wellness data 205, the historic GPS data 207, etc., as described in this disclosure. The
memory 405 may be used to realize the memory 115 described in FIG. 2. The memory 405 may
be communicatively coupled to the processor 402. The memory 405 stores instructions, executable
35 by the processor 402.
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[063] The operating system 407 may facilitate resource management and operation of the
computer system 400. Examples of operating systems include, without limitation, APPLE®
MACINTOSH® OS X®, UNIX®, UNIX-like system distributions (E.G., BERKELEY SOFTWARE
5 DISTRIBUTION® (BSD), FREEBSD®, NETBSD®, OPENBSD, etc.), LINUX®
DISTRIBUTIONS (E.G., RED HAT®, UBUNTU®, KUBUNTU®, etc.), IBM®OS/2®,
MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® (XP®, VISTA®/7/8, 10 etc.), APPLE® IOS®, GOOGLETM ANDROIDTM, BLACKBERRY® OS, or the like.
10 [064] In some embodiments, the computer system 400 may implement web browser 408 stored
program components. Web browser 408 may be a hypertext viewing application, such as MICROSOFT® INTERNET EXPLORER®, GOOGLETM CHROMETM, MOZILLA® FIREFOX®,
APPLE® SAFARI®, etc. Secure web browsing may be provided using HTTPS, SSL, TLS, etc. Web browser 408 may utilize facilities such as AJAX, DHTML, ADOBE® FLASH®, JAVASCRIPT®,
15 JAVA®, APIs, etc. The computer system 400 may implement a mail server (not shown in FIG. 4)
stored program component. The mail server may be an Internet mail server such as Microsoft Exchange, or the like. The mail server may utilize facilities such as ASP, ACTIVEX®, ANSI® C++/C#, MICROSOFT®, .NET, CGI SCRIPTS, JAVA®, JAVASCRIPT®, PERL®, PHP, PYTHON®, WEBOBJECTS®, etc. The mail server may utilize communication protocols such as
20 IMAP, MAPI, MICROSOFT® exchange, POP, SMTP, or the like. The computer system 400 may
implement a mail client (not shown in FIG. 4) stored program component. The mail client may be a mail viewing application, such as APPLE® MAIL, MICROSOFT® ENTOURAGE®, MICROSOFT® OUTLOOK®, MOZILLA® THUNDERBIRD®, etc.
25 [065] Some of the advantages or utilities of the present disclosure are listed below.
[066] The present disclosure reduces stress (or stress levels) of a driver of a vehicle, which may
have been caused due to rush hour traffic; accidents; inexperienced, incompetent, or dangerous
vehicle operators; and poorly maintained roads. Consequently, this approach prevents any possible
30 accidents that might occur due to driver’s stressful condition.
[067] Some of the clauses are mentioned below.
[068] [1]: A mood lighting system for operating an instrument cluster for mood lighting in a
35 vehicle, the mood lighting system comprising:
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a processor; and
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores processor-executable instructions, which on execution, cause the processor to:
receive at least one of speed sensor data, GPS data, and wellness data from one or
5 more sources;
determine a state of a driver of the vehicle by comparing at least one of the speed
sensor data, the GPS data, and the wellness data from the one or more sources with at least
one of the historic speed sensor data, the historic GPS data, and the historic wellness data
and generate a comparison result;
10 determine a value associated with at least one mood lighting colour based on the
comparison result; and
transmit the value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to the
instrument cluster of the vehicle in real-time to operate the instrument cluster to illuminate
the at least one mood lighting colour to either enhance or maintain the mood of the driver
15 while commuting.
[069] [2]: The mood lighting system described in [1], further comprising:
the instrument cluster communicatively coupled to the mood lighting system and
configured to:
20 change existing mood lighting colour in the vehicle to the at least one mood lighting
colour based on the comparison result.
[070] [3]: The mood lighting system described in any one of [1] to [2], wherein the processor is
configured to:
25 determine the value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to be a sky-blue
colour, a pale yellow, a gentle green, or a soft blue to give calming effect when the state of the
driver of the vehicle is a stressed state; and
determine the value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to be an orange
colour, a soft grey colour, a deep green colour, or a dark grey colour to maintain mood of the driver
30 when the state of the driver of the vehicle is a not stressed state.
[071] [4]: The mood lighting system described in any one of [1] to [3], wherein the speed sensor data indicates cruising patterns of the vehicle.
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[072] [5]: The mood lighting system described in any one of [1] to [4], wherein the wellness data comprises at least one of a sleep pattern, a body temperature, a pulse rate, and a blood pressure of the driver of the vehicle.
5 [073] [6]: The mood lighting system described in any one of [1] to [5], wherein the GPS data
comprises GPS information on futuristic traffic conditions along a vehicle path towards a destination location.
[074] [7]: A method for operating an instrument cluster for mood lighting in a vehicle, the method
10 comprising:
receiving, by a mood lighting system, at least one of speed sensor data, GPS data, and wellness data from one or more sources;
determining, by the mood lighting system, a state of a driver of the vehicle by comparing
at least one of the speed sensor data, the GPS data, and the wellness data from the one or more
15 sources with at least one of historic speed sensor data, historic GPS data, and historic wellness
data and generating a comparison result;
determining, by the mood lighting system, a value associated with at least one mood lighting colour based on the comparison result; and
transmitting, by the mood lighting system, the value associated with the at least one mood
20 lighting colour to the instrument cluster of the vehicle in real-time to operate the instrument cluster
to illuminate the at least one mood lighting colour to either enhance or maintain the mood of the driver while commuting.
[075] [8]: The method described in [7], further comprising:
25 changing, by the instrument cluster, existing mood lighting colour in the vehicle to the at
least one mood lighting colour based on the comparison result.
[076] [9]: The method described in any one of [7] to [8], wherein determining the value
associated with at least one mood lighting colour based on the comparison result comprising:
30 determining, by the mood lighting system, the value associated with the at least one mood
lighting colour to be a sky-blue colour, a pale yellow, a gentle green, or a soft blue to give calming effect when the state of the driver of the vehicle is a stressed state; and
determining, by the mood lighting system, the value associated with the at least one mood
lighting colour to be an orange colour, a soft grey colour, a deep green colour, or a dark grey colour
35 to maintain mood of the driver when the state of the driver of the vehicle is a not stressed state.
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[077] [10]: The method described in any one of [7] to [9], wherein the speed sensor data indicates cruising patterns of the vehicle.
5 [078] [11]: The method described in any one of [7] to [10], wherein the wellness data comprises
at least one of a sleep pattern, a body temperature, a pulse rate, and a blood pressure of the driver of the vehicle.
[079] [12]: The method described in any one of [7] to [11], wherein the GPS data comprises GPS
10 information on futuristic traffic conditions along a vehicle path towards a destination location.
[080] With respect to the use of substantially any plural and singular terms herein, those having
skill in the art can translate from the plural to the singular and from the singular to the plural as is
appropriate to the context or application. The various singular or plural permutations may be
15 expressly set forth herein for sake of clarity.
[081] One or more computer-readable storage media may be utilized in implementing embodiments consistent with the present disclosure. A computer-readable storage medium refers to any type of physical memory on which a software (program) readable by an information
20 processing apparatus may be stored. The information processing apparatus includes a processor and
a memory, and the processor executes a process of the software. Thus, a computer-readable storage medium may store instructions for execution by one or more processors, including instructions for causing the processor(s) to perform steps or stages consistent with the embodiments described herein. The term “computer-readable medium” should be understood to include tangible items and
25 exclude carrier waves and transient signals, i.e., be non-transitory. Examples include RAM, ROM,
volatile memory, non-volatile memory, hard drives, CD ROMs, DVDs, flash drives, disks, and any other known physical storage media.
[082] The described operations may be implemented as a method, a system, or an article of
30 manufacture using at least one of standard programming and engineering techniques to produce
software, firmware, hardware, or any combination thereof. The described operations may be
implemented as code maintained in a “non-transitory computer readable medium”, where a
processor may read and execute the code from the computer readable medium. The processor is at
least one of a microprocessor and a processor capable of processing and executing the queries. A
35 non-transitory computer readable medium may include media such as magnetic storage medium
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(e.g., hard disk drives, floppy disks, tape, etc.), optical storage (CD-ROMs, DVDs, optical disks,
etc.), volatile and non-volatile memory devices (e.g., EEPROMs, ROMs, PROMs, RAMs,
DRAMs, SRAMs, Flash Memory, firmware, programmable logic, etc.), etc. Further, non-transitory
computer-readable media include all computer-readable media except for a transitory. The code
5 implementing the described operations may further be implemented in hardware logic (e.g., an
integrated circuit chip, PGA, ASIC, etc.).
[083] The terms “an embodiment”, “embodiment”, “embodiments”, “the embodiment”, “the
embodiments”, “one or more embodiments”, “some embodiments”, and “one embodiment” mean
10 “one or more (but not all) embodiments of the invention(s)” unless expressly specified otherwise.
[084] The terms “including”, “comprising”, “having” and variations thereof mean “including but not limited to”, unless expressly specified otherwise.
15 [085] The enumerated listing of items does not imply that any or all of the items are mutually
exclusive, unless expressly specified otherwise.
[086] The terms “a”, “an” and “the” mean “one or more”, unless expressly specified otherwise.
20 [087] A description of an embodiment with several components in communication with each other
does not imply that all such components are required. On the contrary, a variety of optional components are described to illustrate the wide variety of possible embodiments of the invention.
[088] When a single device or article is described herein, it will be readily apparent that more than
25 one device or article (whether or not they cooperate) may be used in place of a single device or
article. Similarly, where more than one device or article is described herein (whether or not they
cooperate), it will be readily apparent that a single device or article may be used in place of the
more than one device, or article, or a different number of devices or articles may be used instead of
the shown number of devices or programs. At least one of the functionalities and the features of a
30 device may be alternatively embodied by one or more other devices which are not explicitly
described as having such functionality or features. Thus, other embodiments of the invention need not include the device itself.
[089] The illustrated operations of FIG. 3 show certain events occurring in a certain order. In
35 alternative embodiments, certain operations may be performed in a different order, modified, or
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removed. Moreover, steps may be added to the above-described logic and still conform to the described embodiments. Further, operations described herein may occur sequentially or certain operations may be processed in parallel. Yet further, operations may be performed by a single processing unit or by distributed processing units. 5
[090] Finally, the language used in the specification has been principally selected for readability
and instructional purposes, and it may not have been selected to delineate or circumscribe the
inventive subject matter. It is therefore intended that the scope of the invention be limited not by
this detailed description, but rather by any claims that issue on an application based here on.
10 Accordingly, the disclosure of the embodiments of the invention is intended to be illustrative, but
not limiting, of the scope of the invention, which is set forth in the following claims.
[091] While various aspects and embodiments have been disclosed herein, other aspects and
embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The various aspects and embodiments
15 disclosed herein are for purposes of illustration and are not intended to be limiting, with the true
scope being indicated by the following claims.
REFERRAL NUMERALS:

Reference number Description
100 Environment
101 Vehicle
103 Speed sensor
105 Instrument cluster
107 Communication network
109 User device
111 Mood lighting system
113 I/O interface
115 Memory
117 Processor
201 Data
203 Historic sensor data
205 Historic wellness data
207 Historic GPS data
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209 Prestored data
211 Miscellaneous data
213 Modules
215 Receiving module
217 Mood detecting module
219 Transmitting module
221 Miscellaneous modules
400 Computer system
401 I-O interface
402 Processor
403 Network interface
404 Storage interface
405 Memory
406 User interface
407 Operating system
408 Web browser
412 Input devices
413 Output devices

WE CLAIM:
1. A mood lighting system for operating an instrument cluster for mood lighting in a vehicle,
5 the mood lighting system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores historic
speed sensor data, historic GPS data, and historic wellness data, prestored values associated with
mood lighting colours, processor-executable instructions, which on execution, cause the processor
10 to:
receive at least one of speed sensor data, GPS data, and wellness data from one or more sources;
determine a state of a driver of the vehicle by comparing at least one of the speed
sensor data, the GPS data, and the wellness data from the one or more sources with at least
15 one of the historic speed sensor data, the historic GPS data, and the historic wellness data
and generate a comparison result;
determine a value associated with at least one mood lighting colour based on the comparison result; and
transmit the value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to the
20 instrument cluster of the vehicle in real-time to operate the instrument cluster to illuminate
the at least one mood lighting colour to either enhance or maintain the mood of the driver while commuting.
2. The mood lighting system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
25 the instrument cluster communicatively coupled to the mood lighting system and
configured to:
change existing mood lighting colour in the vehicle to the at least one mood lighting colour based on the comparison result.
30 3. The mood lighting system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:
determine the value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to be a sky-blue colour, a pale yellow, a gentle green, or a soft blue to give calming effect when the state of the driver of the vehicle is a stressed state; and
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determine the value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to be an orange colour, a soft grey colour, a deep green colour, or a dark grey colour to maintain mood of the driver when the state of the driver of the vehicle is a not stressed state.
5 4. The mood lighting system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the speed sensor data indicates
cruising patterns of the vehicle.
5. The mood lighting system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wellness data comprises at
least one of a sleep pattern, a body temperature, a pulse rate, and a blood pressure of the driver of
10 the vehicle.
6. The mood lighting system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the GPS data comprises GPS
information on futuristic traffic conditions along a vehicle path towards a destination location.
15 7. A method for operating an instrument cluster for mood lighting in a vehicle, the method
comprising:
receiving, by a mood lighting system, at least one of speed sensor data, GPS data, and wellness data from one or more sources;
determining, by the mood lighting system, a state of a driver of the vehicle by comparing
20 at least one of the speed sensor data, the GPS data, and the wellness data from the one or more
sources with at least one of historic speed sensor data, historic GPS data, and historic wellness data and generating a comparison result;
determining, by the mood lighting system, a value associated with at least one mood
lighting colour based on the comparison result; and
25 transmitting, by the mood lighting system, the value associated with the at least one mood
lighting colour to the instrument cluster of the vehicle in real-time to operate the instrument cluster to illuminate the at least one mood lighting colour to either enhance or maintain the mood of the driver while commuting.
30 8. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:
changing, by the instrument cluster, existing mood lighting colour in the vehicle to the at least one mood lighting colour based on the comparison result.
9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein determining the value associated with at least
35 one mood lighting colour based on the comparison result comprising:
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determining, by the mood lighting system, the value associated with the at least one mood lighting colour to be a sky-blue colour, a pale yellow, a gentle green, or a soft blue to give calming effect when the state of the driver of the vehicle is a stressed state; and
determining, by the mood lighting system, the value associated with the at least one mood
5 lighting colour to be an orange colour, a soft grey colour, a deep green colour, or a dark grey colour
to maintain mood of the driver when the state of the driver of the vehicle is a not stressed state.
10. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the speed sensor data indicates cruising patterns
of the vehicle.
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11. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the wellness data comprises at least one of a
sleep pattern, a body temperature, a pulse rate, and a blood pressure of the driver of the vehicle.
12. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the GPS data comprises GPS information on
15 futuristic traffic conditions along a vehicle path towards a destination location.
Dated: 06.03.2024

MOOD LIGHTING OF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER