US 12,227,130 B2
Motor vehicle
Giovanni La Placa, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 18/708,505
Filed by MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 11, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/078236
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 8, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/083543, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 005 528.4 (DE), filed on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0018860 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/70 (2017.01); B60Q 3/50 (2017.01); B60Q 3/60 (2017.01)
CPC B60Q 3/70 (2017.02) [B60Q 3/50 (2017.02); B60Q 3/60 (2017.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle comprising:
an interior;
a projection unit arranged in the interior and having a projection surface and at least one projector,
wherein the projection unit is configured such that in a normal situation, a light signal is projected onto a light-reflecting illumination area of the projection surface by the at least one projector,
wherein the illumination area of the projection surface at least includes a light-reflecting roof surface of the motor vehicle facing towards the interior,
wherein the projection surface has an outwardly transparent glass area,
wherein the projection unit is configured such that in an emergency situation, the light signal is projected towards an outside of the vehicle through the outwardly transparent glass area by the at least one projector, and the motor vehicle is recognizable from the outside,
wherein, in the emergency situation, the light signal is formed by projecting at least one static or temporally changing pattern or at least one static or temporally changing graphic onto the outwardly transparent glass area of the projection surface.