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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2001
Patrick Schmitt, Lichtenau, DE;
Norbert Hog, Buehl, DE;
Bruno Hodapp, Achern-Oensbach, DE;
Gebhard Michenfelder, Lichtenau, DE;
Hans Meier, Ottersweier, DE;
Henry Blitzke, Buehl, DE;
Andreas Schneider, Buehl, DE;
Pierre Nonnnenmacher, Niederschaeffolsheim, FR;
Patrick Schmitt, Lichtenau, DE;
Norbert Hog, Buehl, DE;
Bruno Hodapp, Achern-Oensbach, DE;
Gebhard Michenfelder, Lichtenau, DE;
Hans Meier, Ottersweier, DE;
Henry Blitzke, Buehl, DE;
Andreas Schneider, Buehl, DE;
Pierre Nonnnenmacher, Niederschaeffolsheim, FR;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for automatic control of illumination devices, in particular of a motor vehicle, include a brightness sensor which delivers first signals, the illumination devices are switched off after a time interval that begins at the point in time at which the first signals exceed or fall below a first threshold. The length of the time interval is modifiable, and in particular, is capable of being extended.