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Patent No.:

US 12109936 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2020

Lighting device for a motor vehicle for creating a light animation

Applicant:

Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;

Inventors:

Werner Thomas, Münchsmünster, DE;

Reiner Lendle, Hassmersheim, DE;

Assignee:

AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;

Attorney:

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Steven Lim

Assistant Examiner:

Son M Tang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/30 (2006.01); F21S 41/143 (2018.01); F21S 41/155 (2018.01); F21S 41/663 (2018.01); F21Y 115/15 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/2607 (2013.01); B60Q 1/507 (2022.05); B60Q 1/535 (2022.05); B60Q 1/543 (2022.05); B60Q 1/547 (2022.05); F21S 41/143 (2018.01); F21S 41/155 (2018.01); F21S 41/663 (2018.01); B60Q 2300/45 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/10 (2013.01); B60Q 2900/40 (2022.05); F21Y 2115/15 (2016.08);
Abstract

The application relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle for creating a light animation. The lighting device comprises a light emission device, the light emission device is subdivided into a plurality of segments. The lighting device further has a control unit, which is designed to separately control each of the plurality of segments of the light emission device. The control unit is also configured to control the plurality of segments in a way that a photometric parameter of the lighting device averaged across all segments for the light animation is within a predefined interval.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Thomas, Werner. (2024). Lighting device for a motor vehicle for creating a light animation (U.S. Patent No. 12109936). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12109936

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