Audi Ag

Valentin Schmidt

Tilman Armbruster

Stephan Berlitz

Johannes Reim

Marcel Debelec

Johannes Reschke

Ernst Reiter

Michael Augustin

Daniel Halbig

Faruk Krijestorac

Roman Horst

Viktor Hahn

Michael Flachhuber

Stefanie Köppe

A method for operating a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has a lighting device comprising at least two headlight devices, wherein the headlight devices is arranged horizontally offset on a front side of the motor vehicle and each having one or more dimmable lamps, wherein a spatial region extending in front of the motor vehicle over a horizontal angular range can be illuminated by each headlight device according to a respective brightness generated by the lamp or lamps, wherein, before or during a reverse travel of the motor vehicle, as a function of a steering angle of the motor vehicle, the brightnesses of the lamp or lamps of at least one of the headlight devices are adjusted,—wherein, when using headlight devices comprising multiple lamps, the lamps are adjusted such that at least one portion of the spatial region-opposite the direction of the turning of the steering wheel is illuminated at an increased brightness, and/or—wherein, when using headlight devices comprising at least one lamp, the brightness of the at least one lamp of a headlight device in the direction of the steering angle is dimmed.

Method for operating a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle

A method for illuminating vehicle surroundings of a motor vehicle that comprises an illumination device and a detection device, wherein the illumination device is set up to illuminate at least part of a solid angle region of the vehicle surroundings with different illumination patterns, in particular with visible light, wherein the illumination patterns each predefine illumination intensities for different solid angle subregions of the solid angle region, comprising the steps of: illuminating the vehicle surroundings with a first of the illumination patterns by means of the illumination device, detecting a light pattern that results from the illumination of the vehicle surroundings with the first illumination pattern by means of the detection device, selecting a second of the illumination patterns on the basis of the detected light pattern, and illuminating the vehicle surroundings with the second illumination pattern by means of the illumination device.

Method for illuminating vehicle surroundings, and motor vehicle

A method for operating a taillight of a motor vehicle, wherein the taillight, in particular in addition to a functional light source assigned to at least one further light function, has a taillight source assigned to a taillight function, having a plurality of lighting regions that can be controlled independently with respect to operation and brightness, wherein at least one environment sensor of the motor vehicle records sensor data describing other traffic participants behind within a predefined distance range from the rear of the motor vehicle, wherein if at least one activation criterion evaluating the sensor data and checking for the presence of at least one further traffic participant within a predetermined distance range from the rear of the motor vehicle, a brightness-increasing switching operation, in particular an activation and/or a dimming, of a second lighting region of the taillight source which was previously inactive or is operating with lower brightness than at least one other, first lighting region is carried out in such a way that the emitted total brightness of a portion of the taillight comprising at least the taillight source remains constant.

Method for operating a taillight of a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle

The present disclosure relate to a motor vehicle comprising a sensor device for detecting the position and the distance from an object located in front of the motor vehicle and a device for projecting a light marker onto the ground in the region of the object, wherein the device is configured, on the basis of the detected position and distance data, to project either a round or polygonal light marker on a region around the object, wherein this is dimensioned is such a way that its border is indicates a minimum distance to be maintained around the object when driving past, and/or the device is configured to generate a linear light marker and project it on the ground into the region in front of the motor vehicle running by the object in such a way that the distance of the light marker corresponds to the minimum distance to be maintained from the object when driving past and indicates when the motor vehicle can reenter the lane after passing the object while maintaining a safe distance.

Motor vehicle and method for guiding such a motor vehicle

The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle, comprising an illumination device, which comprises a plurality of light sources and a control device for illuminating an illumination region which can be simultaneously illuminated and which completely covers the surroundings of the motor vehicle in the circumferential direction. The illumination region is divided by the control device into illumination segments, which are controllable independently for illumination as part of at least one light function, in particular an assisting light function, of a vehicle system, wherein the illumination region of the illumination device has at least two illumination segments, one following the other in a spacing direction from the motor vehicle.

Motor vehicle and method for operating an illumination device of a motor vehicle

The present disclosure relates to a method for operating an assistance system of a motor vehicle, wherein the assistance system has a projector. A message relating to a wrong-way driver is received, and a position of the wrong-way driver transmitted with the message is compared with a current position. Depending on the comparison, a recommendation for adapting a driving parameter is projected into an area in front of the motor vehicle for the driver by means of the projector. The present disclosure also relates to an assistance system of a motor vehicle and to a motor vehicle.

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Neuburg a.d. Donau, Germany

Valentin Schmidt