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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
May. 27, 2021
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Werner Thomas, Oberwöhr, DE;
Marc Maier, Collenberg, DE;
Christoph Häussinger, Eichstätt, DE;
Michael Horn, Ingolstadt, DE;
Daniel Ehrlichauf, Neuburg/Donan, DE;
Stephan Heider, Wettstetten, DE;
Alexander Becker, Gungolding, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
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.