US 12,190,794 B2
Lighting arrangement with a control unit and two LED lighting modules, each comprising an LED matrix
Sebastian Gatsios, Arnsberg (DE); Florian Herold, Bielefeld (DE); Dirk Kliebisch, Paderborn (DE); Ingo Moellers, Rietberg (DE); Alexander Schwan, Kamen (DE); and Patrick Vogel, Unna (DE)
Assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/217,272.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 116 512.4 (DE), filed on Jul. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0005849 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G09G 3/32 (2016.01); G09G 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/32 (2013.01) [G09G 3/2096 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting arrangement comprising:
a control unit; and
first and second LED lighting modules, each comprising an LED matrix,
wherein information is generated by the control unit, the information including at least control information and an image signal for each of the first and second lighting modules to generate a light image,
wherein the light image is generated by each of the first and second lighting modules, respectively, with the LED matrix of each of the first and second lighting modules,
wherein the control unit is connected to the first lighting module for the transmission of the information to the first and second lighting modules,
wherein the first lighting module has a processing unit and a first interface, and via the processing unit of the first lighting module, the control information and the image signal for each of the first and second lighting modules is extracted from the information generated by and transmitted to the first lighting module from the control unit,
wherein the second lighting module is connected to the first interface of the first lighting module,
wherein the processing unit of the first lighting module provides the control information and the image signal that is pertinent to the second lighting module to the second lighting module via the first interface of the first lighting module,
wherein the lighting arrangement has at least one peripheral module or actuator for adjusting a focal length, an aperture, or an angular position of one of the first or second lighting modules,
wherein the at least one peripheral module or actuator is assigned to the one of the first or second lighting modules, and
wherein the at least one peripheral module or actuator is connected to the first interface of the first lighting module, to a second interface of the first lighting module or to a third interface of the first lighting module and the processing unit of the first lighting module extracts information for controlling the at least one peripheral module or actuator from the information generated by and transmitted to the first lighting module from the control unit and provides the information for controlling the at least one peripheral module or actuator to the at least one peripheral module or actuator via the first, second or third interface of the first lighting module.