Interior lighting system of a motor vehicle and a method for controlling the same

US6935763B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Michael Mueller · Gifhorn, DE
• Mathias Hiller · Leiferde, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2005
• Expiry date: Jan 29, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Q3/85
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An interior lighting system for a motor vehicle includes a lighting device configured to light a motor vehicle interior and a control unit configured to regulate the brightness and/or the color of the light emitted from the lighting device. The color of the light emitted from the lighting device may be automatically adjusted in accordance with at least one operating parameter and/or at least one parameter associated with the environment of the motor vehicle. Such parameters include, for example, a deviation of an actual temperature from a predetermined desired temperature of the motor vehicle interior and/or the driving speed of the vehicle.