Audi Ag

Michael Horn

Reiner Lendle

Christoph Häussinger

Werner Thomas

Ashley Gleave

Daniel Ehrlichauf

Alexander Becker

Marc Maier

Stephan Heider

Maximilian Manderscheid

Viktor Hahn

Tanja Kammann

Philipp Rabenau

The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a lighting device for a motor vehicle, wherein the lighting device has at least an exterior lamp and a control device. The exterior lamp has an illuminating area having at least two independently controllable segments each comprising at least one light source, wherein, in at least one dynamic operating mode of the control device, for at least one dynamic group of the segments comprising at least two segments a pseudo-randomized or randomized, temporally variable lighting operation of the segments of the dynamic group takes place.

Method for operating a lighting device of a motor vehicle, lighting device and motor vehicle

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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Ingolstadt, Germany

Michael Horn