US 12,466,306 B2
Illumination arrangement with a control unit, with an illumination module and a peripheral module
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 May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/326,215.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382292 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/076 (2006.01); H05B 45/20 (2020.01)
CPC B60Q 1/076 (2013.01) [H05B 45/20 (2020.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An illumination arrangement comprising:
a control unit;
an illumination module connected to the control unit via a bidirectional first channel, wherein the illumination module includes an LED matrix for generating light; and
a peripheral module connected to the illumination module via a second channel;
wherein the control unit generates data for controlling the illumination module and data for controlling the peripheral module,
wherein the data for controlling the illumination module and the data for controlling the peripheral module are transferred to the illumination module via the first channel,
wherein the data for controlling the peripheral module is transferred to the peripheral module via the second channel,
wherein the control unit generates an RGB signal for generating a light pattern by the illumination module, and transfers the RGB signal to the illumination module via the first channel, wherein image data of the RGB signal is the data for controlling the illumination module or forms a part of the data for controlling the illumination module, and
wherein the RGB signal has a range that is not used for image data, wherein the data for controlling the peripheral module is included in the range of the RGB signal that is not used for image data.