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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2020
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Richard Knipp, Berlin, DE;
André Heinrichs, Gifhorn, DE;
Janine Bretz, Bokensdorf, DE;
Margret Siegmund, Gifhorn, DE;
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
Technologies and techniques for controlling the interior lighting of a vehicle. Multiple lighting units are distributed in the interior of the vehicle, and each of the lighting units is assigned at least two color zones. Arrangement profiles for arranging the at least two color zones in the interior of the vehicle are displayed on a display and operating device, and a user selection of one of the arrangement profiles is detected. A color selection by the user is detected for each of the at least two color zones via a respective operating element displayed on the display and operating device, and a color is set for each lighting unit by a controller according to the selected arrangement profile and the colors selected for the at least two color zones. The invention also relates to a device for controlling the interior lighting of a vehicle.