Automotive lighting apparatus (1) comprising: a rear body (2) which is adapted to be fixed to the outside or to the inside of the vehicle; a front half-shell (3) arranged to close the mouth of said rear body (2); and at least one lighting assembly (4) which is located inside the rear body (2) and is adapted to backlight, on command, a corresponding transparent or semi-transparent sector of the front half-shell (3); the lighting assembly (4) comprising: a radially emitting optical fibre (6) of given length; an electrically-powered, collimated light source (5) which is located in front of a proximal end (6a) of the optical fibre (6), and is adapted to direct, towards the same proximal end (6a), a collimated light beam (r) that enters and travels inside the optical fibre (6); at least one proximal photometric sensor (8) which is arranged beside the collimated light source (5) and/or the proximal end (6a) of the optical fibre (6) so as to capture/detect the light reflected/scattered on entering into the optical fibre (6); at least one distal photometric sensor (9) which is located in front of the distal end (6b) of the optical fibre (6), and is adapted to capture/detect the light exiting from the distal end (6b) of the optical fibre (6); and an electronic control unit (7) which is adapted to command the collimated light source (5) on the basis of the signals coming from said proximal (8) and distal (9) photometric sensors.
AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING APPARATUS AND RELATIVE CONTROL METHOD
BELEUCHTUNGSVORRICHTUNG FÜR KRAFTFAHRZEUGE UND ZUGEHÖRIGES STEUERUNGSVERFAHREN
APPAREIL D'ÉCLAIRAGE D'AUTOMOBILE ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE CORRESPONDANT
2024-01-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F21S Ortsfeste Leuchten , NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES / B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein |
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