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Method for illuminating vehicle surroundings, and motor vehicle

US12358416B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Valentin Schmidt · Leibnizweg, DE
Tilman ARMBRUSTER · Ingolstadt, DE
Johannes Reim · Eichstätt, DE
Marcel Debelec · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 11, 2020
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 19, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60Q2400/50
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for illuminating vehicle surroundings of a motor vehicle that comprises an illumination device and a detection device, wherein the illumination device is set up to illuminate at least part of a solid angle region of the vehicle surroundings with different illumination patterns, in particular with visible light, wherein the illumination patterns each predefine illumination intensities for different solid angle subregions of the solid angle region, comprising the steps of: illuminating the vehicle surroundings with a first of the illumination patterns by means of the illumination device, detecting a light pattern that results from the illumination of the vehicle surroundings with the first illumination pattern by means of the detection device, selecting a second of the illumination patterns on the basis of the detected light pattern, and illuminating the vehicle surroundings with the second illumination pattern by means of the illumination device.

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