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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2021
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Valentin Schmidt, Neuburg a.d. Donau, DE;
Tilman Armbruster, Ingolstadt, DE;
Johannes Reim, Ingolstadt, DE;
Marcel Debelec, Ingolstadt, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
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.