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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/80 (2017.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/18 (2017.01); B60Q 3/78 (2017.01); B60Q 3/217 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/80 (2017.02); B60Q 3/18 (2017.02); B60Q 3/217 (2017.02); B60Q 3/78 (2017.02); B60Q 9/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor vehicle has a central light control unit, a plurality of peripheral light control units distributed within the vehicle, and a plurality of interior light modules, each of which has a plurality of light sources and is associated with a peripheral light control unit. As a result of the receipt of a specified light effect identification by the peripheral light control units, a moving light is produced by the interior light modules associated with the peripheral light control units.