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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2010
Applicants:
Andreas Schwarzhaupt, Landau, DE;
Istvan Vegh, Karlsruhe, DE;
Urs Wiesel, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Jan Wirnitzer, Lorch, DE;
Inventors:
Andreas Schwarzhaupt, Landau, DE;
Istvan Vegh, Karlsruhe, DE;
Urs Wiesel, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Jan Wirnitzer, Lorch, DE;
Assignee:
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In order to provide better monitoring for the side environment of a vehicle a lighting unit to light up a vehicle environment and a detection unit for detecting an object in the vehicle environment are provided. The lighting unit is automatically switched on if the detection unit has detected an object in the vehicle environment.