Method for operating an interior lighting device (1, 1′, 1″) for a motor vehicle (8), comprising a lighting device (L, L′) and a sensor device (S, S′), which senses a position of an operator control object (6) for the lighting device (L, L′) in its sensing area, wherein the lighting device (L, L′) is controlled on the basis of sensor data from the sensor device (S, S′), wherein the lighting device (L, L′) has multiple actuatable lighting units (L1-L3, L1′-L7′) that each have an associated local section (O1-O3) defined in the sensing area, wherein when an operator control object (6) is detected in a local section (O1-O3), the associated lighting unit (L1-L3, L1′-L7′) is activated and activated lighting units (L1-L3, L1′-L7′) not associated with the local section (O1-O3) are deactivated.
Method for operating an interior lighting device for a motor vehicle, interior lighting device for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle
2018-07-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | 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 / H05B ELECTRIC HEATING , Elektrische Heizung |
European Patent Office | 2019
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