Audi Ag

Ashley Gleave

Michael Horn

Christoph Häussinger

Werner Thomas

Ernst Reiter

Maximilian Manderscheid

Viktor Hahn

Tanja Kammann

The present disclosure relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle having at least one exterior light and a control device. The exterior light has an illuminated area having at least two independently controllable segments, each comprising at least one light source, wherein the control device is designed to operate the exterior light in at least two operating modes, with each of which a geometric manifestation of the exterior light, defined by the light sources operated in the operating mode, is associated such that the total luminous intensity of the exterior light is within a range limited by a minimum value and a maximum value.

Lighting device for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle and method for operating a lighting device

The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle with an exterior lighting unit and a controller, wherein the controller is configured, on the one hand, to actuate the exterior lighting unit in a first operating mode to output a first light pattern and to analyze a changeover condition and, when the changeover condition is satisfied, to change to a second operating mode, and, on the other hand, to actuate the exterior lighting unit in the second operating mode to output a second light pattern different from the first light pattern, wherein the fulfillment of the changeover condition depends on which of a plurality of driving modes of the motor vehicle is selected for a current or future operation, and/or wherein the fulfillment of the changeover condition is dependent on an ascertained driver state.

Motor vehicle with an exterior lighting unit, and method for operating an exterior lighting unit

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Buxheim, Germany

Ashley Gleave