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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2011
Francois Darsy, Challet, FR;
Jelle Peter Pelsma, Chartres, FR;
Timothy Xuejun Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Chao Ding, Shanghai, CN;
Francois Darsy, Challet, FR;
Jelle Peter Pelsma, Chartres, FR;
Timothy Xuejun Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Chao Ding, Shanghai, CN;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An automotive lighting system () is described with a signal emitting device () installed in a lamp socket (). The lamp socket () is connected to a lighting connection () of a vehicle (). The signal emitting device () emits a signal if the lighting connection () is energized. A lighting module () is connected to an electrical power supply () of the vehicle (). The lighting module () comprises a receiver (), a control unit () and a light source (). The control unit () is disposed to operate the light source () in a first mode if a signal is received in the receiver, and in a second mode if the signal is not received.