Smart headlamp system

1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

automatically measuring orientation values attributed to a lighting system device worn by a human user, wherein the lighting system device comprises one or more lighting sources, wherein said automatically measuring orientation values comprises:

automatically determining a relative angle between at least a portion of a first component of the lighting system device and at least a portion of second component of the lighting system device;

automatically calculating a pose angle attributed to the lighting system device based at least in part on the determined relative angle and an angle attributed to the lighting system device based on positioning of the forehead of the human user wearing the lighting system device; and

automatically modulating one or more of the lighting sources based at least in part on a comparison of the calculated pose angle and at least one threshold angle value; and

wherein the method is carried out by at least one computing device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the orientation values comprise inclination values indicating horizontal movement of the lighting system device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the orientation values comprise tilt values indicating vertical movement of the lighting system device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein automatically modulating comprises automatically activating one or more of the lighting sources.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein automatically modulating comprises automatically de-activating one or more of the lighting sources.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein automatically modulating comprises automatically increasing an intensity level of one or more of the lighting sources.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein automatically modulating comprises automatically decreasing an intensity level of one or more of the lighting sources.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein automatically modulating comprises automatically modulating one or more of the lighting sources upon a determination that the measured orientation values reach at least one predetermined range of angle values.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the at least predetermined range of angle values are user-defined.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

enabling user-configuration of one or more intensity levels of one or more of the lighting sources.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein enabling user-configuration of one or more intensity levels of one or more of the lighting sources comprises establishing a mechanism comprising (i) engagement of one or more buttons for a predetermined period of time combined with (ii) tilting of the lighting system device within a predetermined angle range.

12. An apparatus comprising:

one or more lighting sources;

one or more power sources;

one or more orientation sensors;

at least one memory; and

at least one processor operably coupled to the at least one memory and the one or more orientation sensors, wherein the at least one processor is configured for:

automatically measuring, via the one or more orientation sensors, orientation values attributed to the apparatus, wherein said automatically measuring orientation values comprises:

automatically determining a relative angle between at least a portion of a first component of the lighting system device and at least a portion of second component of the lighting system device;

automatically calculating a pose angle attributed to the lighting system device based at least in part on the determined relative angle and an angle attributed to the lighting system device based on positioning of the forehead of the human user wearing the lighting system device; and

automatically modulating one or more of the lighting sources based at least in part on a comparison of the calculated pose angle and at least one threshold angle value.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more lighting sources comprise at least one of (i) one or more narrow beam lighting sources, (ii) one or more wide beam lighting sources, (iii) one or more medium beam lighting sources, (iv) one or more red light lighting sources, and (v) one or more white light lighting sources.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more orientation sensors comprise at least one of one or more accelerometers, one or more gyroscopes, and one or more magnetometers.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the one or more accelerometers comprise at least one of (i) one or more single axis accelerometers, (ii) one or more dual axis accelerometers, and (iii) one or more triple axis accelerometers.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising:

one or more angle sensors.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the one or more angle sensors comprise one or more hall effect sensors, and wherein the apparatus further comprises one or more magnets.

18. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more orientation sensors comprise multiple orientation sensors, and wherein at least a first of the multiple orientation sensors measures an angle of the apparatus relative to a forehead of a user of the apparatus, and wherein at least a second of the multiple orientation sensors measures an angle of the apparatus relative to gravity.

19. The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising:

one or more manual haptic input mechanics.

20. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device:

to automatically measure orientation values attributed to a lighting system device worn by a human user, wherein the lighting system device comprises one or more lighting sources, wherein said automatically measuring orientation values comprises:

automatically determining a relative angle between at least a portion of a first component of the lighting system device and at least a portion of second component of the lighting system device;

automatically calculating a pose angle attributed to the lighting system device based at least in part on the determined relative angle and an angle attributed to the lighting system device based on positioning of the forehead of the human user wearing the lighting system device; and

to automatically modulate one or more of the lighting sources based at least in part on a comparison of the calculated pose angle and at least one threshold angle value.