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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2021
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Reiner Lendle, Hassmersheim, DE;
Stefan Reich, Ingolstadt, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having a control device and at least one lighting device, which comprises several light-emitting diodes arranged to be distributed within at least one surface, wherein at least one signal light can be generated by means of the lighting device. The control device is designed to individually control the light-emitting diodes and/or several groups of the light-emitting diodes such that a contour of the signal light is dependent upon at least one item of operational information. The at least one item of operational information is at least one item of driver assistance information which describes a current operating situation and/or a current vehicle environment situation of the motor vehicle and which can be generated by means of a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle, and/or at least one item of user action information which can be generated by means of at least one operating device of the motor vehicle by a user.