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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Trw Automotive Electronics & Components Gmbh, Radolfzell, DE;
Inventor:
Ulrich Backes, Radolfzell, DE;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 3/00 (2017.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); B60Q 3/80 (2017.01); B60Q 3/16 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/00 (2013.01); B60Q 3/16 (2017.02); B60Q 3/80 (2017.02); H05B 37/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method of controlling an interior lighting () in a vehicle (), having a plurality of separately drivable lamps (-), provision is made that a motion light pattern, in particular a wave light pattern, is generated as a function of vehicle operating data by separately driving the individual lamps (-), all of the lamps (-) being driven with an identical or similar light pattern, and the lamps (-) being driven with the light pattern offset in time. The time offset with which the lamps (-) are driven is dependent on the driving speed of the vehicle.