Audi Ag

Audi Electronics Venture Gmbh

Andreas Stüber

Björn Elias

Patrick Sassmannshausen

Jürgen Hartmann

Ingo Ledendecker

Ruben Maier

Roland Haberl

Martin Deinhard

Patrick Saßmannshausen

In a method of controlling different lighting functions in a vehicle, activation of another one of the lighting functions is dependent on an actual speed of the vehicle, when manually switching from a currently activated one of the lighting functions to the other one of the lighting functions. In particular, when a low beam is automatically activated and a predefined speed is exceeded, activation of a parking light is barred while the low beam remains activated.

Operating device and method of implementing lighting functions

The invention relates to a method for controlling a locking system of a motor vehicle wherein, as the states of the locking system, there is an unlocked state, a locked state from which it is possible to switch to the unlocked state via at least a first operating element inside the vehicle, and a security state in which by simply activating a first operating element it is not possible to switch to the unlocked state. The aim of the invention is to propose a method that allows a person inside the motor vehicle to still leave the motor vehicle despite user activation of the security state without substantially easing the opening of the motor vehicle from the outside by an unauthorized third party. Four concepts are proposed that can all be implemented in combination to great benefit. They enable a person still inside the vehicle to leave the motor vehicle upon activation of the security state.

Method for controlling a locking system of a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle

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Hofstetten, Germany

Andreas Stüber