Audi Ag

Hella Gmbh & Co Kgaa

Stefan Kowatzki

David Allouis

Jürgen Heinrich

Wolfgang Wörmann

Herbert Kopes

Method for operating an interior lighting device for a motor vehicle, comprising a lighting device and a sensor device, which senses a position of an operator control object for the lighting device in its sensing area, wherein the lighting device is controlled on the basis of sensor data from the sensor device, wherein the lighting device has multiple actuatable lighting units that each have an associated local section defined in the sensing area, wherein when an operator control object is detected in a local section, the associated lighting unit is activated and activated lighting units not associated with the local section are deactivated.

Method for operating an interior lighting device for a motor vehicle, interior lighting device for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle

A motor vehicle includes a plurality of lights serving to illuminate the area surrounding the vehicle to the side or rear, wherein one or more sensors are provided to detect the position of a person relative to the vehicle. The lights, of which several are installed in the region of a vehicle side or the vehicle rear and illuminate the different surrounding area regions, can be activated separately depending on the detected position.

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Stammham, Germany

Stefan Kowatzki