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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2022
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Felix Conrad, Ebenhausen-Schaeftlarn, DE;
Michael Mueller, Munich, DE;
Sebastian Mueller, Oberhaching Deisenhofen, DE;
Jens Veddeler, Munich, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle includes a central light control unit and a plurality of interior light modules, each of which includes a single light source or a plurality of light sources. The motor vehicle also includes a data bus via which the central light control unit and the interior light modules are coupled to one another. The central light control unit is configured to transmit control commands to the interior light modules in order to trigger motor vehicle interior lighting effects, wherein control information, which is included in the control commands and includes at least one color value and one brightness value for the interior light modules, is created based on runtime-variable input data. The runtime-variable input data is based on current ambient conditions of the motor vehicle and/or variable data sources of the motor vehicle.