Motor vehicle with an exterior lighting unit, and method for operating an exterior lighting unit

US12054046B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Tanja KAMMANN · Munich, DE
• Ashley Gleave · Buxheim, DE
• Michael P. Horn · Rheinböllen, DE
• Viktor Hahn · Ingolstadt, DE
• Maximilian MANDERSCHEID · Rohrbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 2021
• Grant date: Aug 6, 2024
• Expiry date: Sep 15, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K2360/797
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle with an exterior lighting unit and a controller, wherein the controller is configured, on the one hand, to actuate the exterior lighting unit in a first operating mode to output a first light pattern and to analyze a changeover condition and, when the changeover condition is satisfied, to change to a second operating mode, and, on the other hand, to actuate the exterior lighting unit in the second operating mode to output a second light pattern different from the first light pattern, wherein the fulfillment of the changeover condition depends on which of a plurality of driving modes of the motor vehicle is selected for a current or future operation, and/or wherein the fulfillment of the changeover condition is dependent on an ascertained driver state.