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Motor vehicle comprising a lighting module for generating a symbol

US11046245B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Helmut Erdl · Flintsbach, DE
Abdelmalek Hanafi · Munich, DE
Thomas Hausmann · Munich, DE
Lenja Sorokin · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 6, 2019
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 6, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60Q2400/50
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle includes a lighting module that generates a symbol on the ground in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, a surrounding sensor system that detects sensor information in a region in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, and a controller designed to control the lighting module depending on the sensor information such that the symbol is generated automatically by the lighting module in a ground region between the motor vehicle and another road user as soon as the distance between the motor vehicle and the other road user falls below a specified threshold according to the sensor information.

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