US 12,466,312 B2
Method for controlling the lighting of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle with a number of lighting devices and motor vehicle
Karsten Belz, Ingolstadt (DE); Patrick Lins, Ingolstadt (DE); Tarik Abousenna, Kösching (DE); Alexander Heinzelmann, Fürth (DE); and Sven Michaelis, Munich (DE)
Assigned to AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/347,127.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 116 941.3 (DE), filed on Jul. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0010123 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/70 (2017.01); B60Q 3/225 (2017.01); B60Q 3/62 (2017.01); B60Q 3/80 (2017.01)
CPC B60Q 3/70 (2017.02) [B60Q 3/225 (2017.02); B60Q 3/62 (2017.02); B60Q 3/80 (2017.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling illumination of an occupant compartment of a motor vehicle with a plurality of illumination devices, the method comprising:
illuminating a region of a plurality of regions of the occupant compartment by an illumination device of the plurality of illumination devices, wherein the region is assigned to the illumination device;
assigning, to the region, at least one light-specific parameter or at least one item of illumination information from which the at least one light-specific parameter is derived, based on a user specification, wherein a variable characteristic of light that is generated in the region is based on the at least one light-specific parameter assigned to the region;
checking fulfillment of a change condition by comparing the at least one light-specific parameter assigned to the region with at least one light-specific parameter assigned to another region; and
if the change condition is fulfilled, changing the at least one light-specific parameter assigned to the region or at least one illumination device-specific parameter from which an emission characteristic of the light depends.