System and method for adjustable lighting

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a positioning sensor;

a lighting module configured to illuminate a zone of the vehicle; and

a processor configured to:

identify a current location of the vehicle using the positioning sensor; and

in response to determining that the vehicle has previously been at the current location and that illumination of the zone was previously requested at the current location, send a command to activate the lighting module to illuminate the zone.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in response to determining that the current location is unknown to the vehicle using information from the positioning sensor, send a command to deactivate the lighting module.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the zone is a storage area of the vehicle or includes a child seat.

4. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

using information from the positioning sensor, identify that the vehicle is traveling toward a destination location; and

in response to determining that the vehicle is approaching the destination location, send a command to activate the lighting module to gradually illuminate the zone.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the zone is a passenger cabin of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein determining that illumination of the zone was previously requested at the current location includes identifying control inputs from a user of the vehicle previously received at the current location.

7. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

using information from additional sensors associated with the vehicle, identify a user in the zone of the vehicle; and

in response to determining that the user is present in the zone, send a command to activate the lighting module to illuminate the zone.

8. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to:

using information from the additional sensors, identify the user as absent from the zone of the vehicle; and

in response to determining that the user is absent from the zone, send a command to deactivate the lighting module.

9. A method, comprising:

identifying, by a processor, a current location of a vehicle based on information from one or more sensors associated with the vehicle;

in response to determining that the vehicle has previously been at the current location and that a lighting module of the vehicle was previously activated at the current location, sending a command to activate the lighting module to illuminate a first zone within the vehicle;

identifying, by the processor, a destination location toward which the vehicle is traveling based on information from the one or more sensors; and

in response to determining that the vehicle is approaching the destination location, sending a command to activate the lighting module to gradually illuminate a second zone within the vehicle.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first zone is a storage area of the vehicle or includes a child seat, and wherein the second zone is a front portion or a rear portion of a passenger cabin of the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the current location is unknown to the vehicle, sending a command to deactivate the lighting module.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

identifying, by the processor, a user in the first zone or the second zone of the vehicle based on information from the one or more sensors; and

in response to determining that the user is present in the first zone or the second zone, sending a command to activate the lighting module to illuminate the one of the first zone or the second zone where the user is present.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

identifying, by the processor, that the user is absent from the first zone or the second zone of the vehicle; and

in response to determining that the user is absent from the first zone or the second zone, sending a command to deactivate the lighting module to darken the one of the first zone or the second zone where the user is absent.

14. A lighting module in a vehicle, comprising:

lighting elements; and

a controller configured to:

receive a control signal that identifies a user as present in the vehicle;

in response to the control signal associated with user presence, send a command to one or more of the lighting elements to illuminate a first zone of the vehicle where the user is present;

receive a control signal that identifies that illumination of a second zone of the vehicle was previously requested by the user at a current location of the vehicle; and

in response to the control signal associated with the current location, send a command to one or more of the lighting elements to illuminate the second zone.

15. The lighting module of claim 14 , wherein the first zone is a front portion or a rear portion of a passenger cabin of the vehicle and the second zone is a storage area of the vehicle or includes a child seat.

16. The lighting module of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to:

receive a control signal that identifies the user as absent from the vehicle; and

in response to the control signal associated with user absence, send a command to deactivate the one or more lighting elements that illuminate the first zone or the second zone.

17. The lighting module of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to:

receive a control signal that identifies that the current location is an unknown location; and

in response to the control signal associated with the unknown location, send a command to deactivate the one or more lighting elements that illuminate the first zone or the second zone.

18. The lighting module of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to:

receive a control signal that identifies that the vehicle approaches a destination location; and

in response to the control signal associated with the destination location, send a command to gradually change an illumination level in the first zone or the second zone.

19. The lighting module of claim 18 , wherein the illumination level in the first zone or the second zone gradually increases as the vehicle approaches the destination location.

20. The lighting module of claim 14 , wherein the lighting elements include one or more of an adjustable spotlight, a light emitting diode array, a lens, an optical fiber bundle, a translation stage, or a moving mirror.