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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Stefan Kowatzki, Stammham, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); B60Q 1/30 (2006.01); B60Q 1/32 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/0094 (2013.01); B60Q 1/24 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2661 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2665 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2669 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2696 (2013.01); B60Q 1/30 (2013.01); B60Q 1/323 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor vehicle includes a plurality of lights serving to illuminate the area surrounding the vehicle to the side or rear, wherein one or more sensors are provided to detect the position of a person relative to the vehicle. The lights, of which several are installed in the region of a vehicle side or the vehicle rear and illuminate the different surrounding area regions, can be activated separately depending on the detected position.