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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Jens Dietmar Reuschel, Ingolstadt, DE;
Christoph Schmitz, Abensberg, DE;
Inventors:
Jens Dietmar Reuschel, Ingolstadt, DE;
Christoph Schmitz, Abensberg, DE;
Assignee:
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/04 (2006.01); B60Q 3/02 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60Q 3/044 (2013.01); B60Q 3/048 (2013.01); B60Q 3/0233 (2013.01); B60Q 3/0293 (2013.01); B60Q 3/0286 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lighting device has a first panel, which has an underside and an upper side, and a plurality of lighting elements which illuminate the first panel from the underside. The first panel has a plurality of transparent and non-transparent elements which are arranged one adjacent to the other in an alternating fashion and which each extend completely from the underside to the upper side. The lighting elements are controlled by a control device which is designed to bring about a predefinable spatial brightness profile in a space on the upper side of the first panel.