Method for controlling an interior lighting system in a vehicle and interior lighting system
View Patent ↗In a method of controlling an interior lighting ( 25 ) in a vehicle ( 18 ), having a plurality of separately drivable lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ), provision is made that a motion light pattern, in particular a wave light pattern, is generated as a function of vehicle operating data by separately driving the individual lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ), the vehicle operating data including ambient data picked up by means of a light sensor.
1. A method of controlling an interior lighting ( 25 ) in a vehicle ( 18 ), comprising a plurality of separately drivable lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ), wherein a motion light pattern including a wave pattern is generated as a function of vehicle operating data by separately driving the individual lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ), wherein the vehicle operating data includes ambient data picked up by a light sensor.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a substantially periodically recurrent light pattern is generated in which a period of the light pattern has a defined variance.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein all of the lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ) are driven with an identical or similar wave pattern, the lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ) being driven with the wave pattern offset in time.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ) are driven offset in time in a longitudinal direction (L) of the vehicle along a direction of travel, so that the motion light pattern runs in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ) are driven offset in time in a transverse direction of the vehicle, so that the motion light pattern runs in the vehicle transverse direction of the vehicle.
6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the offset in time with which the lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ) are driven is dependent on a driving speed of the vehicle.
7. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the offset in time with which the lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ) are driven is dependent on an acceleration of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction and/or in a transverse direction.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle operating data is stored in a memory.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wave pattern is dependent on a driving speed of the vehicle.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wave pattern is dependent on an acceleration of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction and/or in a transverse direction.
11. An interior lighting ( 25 ) for a vehicle ( 18 ), comprising at least two lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ) which can be driven separately, and a controller ( 28 ) which can drive the lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ) separately, wherein the lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ) are driven by a method according to claim 1 , and that at least one sensor is provided for acquiring vehicle operating data.
12. The interior lighting according to claim 11 , wherein a memory ( 32 ) for the vehicle operating data is provided.
13. The interior lighting according to claim 11 , wherein the lamps ( 26 a - 26 g ) are arranged in a longitudinal direction (L) of the vehicle and/or in a transverse direction of the vehicle.
14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the light sensor detects ambient brightness outside the vehicle and generates a natural motion light pattern, a controller generating the motion light pattern in the lamps that is contrary to the natural motion light pattern.
15. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:
correlating a predetermined motion light pattern with route data for a distance of road;
storing the correlation in memory; and
retrieving the predetermined motion light pattern from the memory when the vehicle subsequently moves through the distance of road.
16. A method for controlling interior lighting in a vehicle comprising:
providing a plurality of separately drivable lamps within the vehicle;
detecting vehicle operating data including ambient data outside the vehicle using a light sensor; and
generating a motion light pattern in the drivable lamps as a function of the vehicle operating data.
17. The method according to claim 16 further comprising detecting a driving speed of the vehicle, the motion light pattern in the drivable lamps being generated as a function of the driving speed and the ambient data outside the vehicle.
18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the light sensor detects ambient brightness outside the vehicle and generates a natural motion light pattern, a controller generating the motion light pattern in the lamps that is contrary to the natural motion light pattern.
19. The method according to claim 16 further comprising:
correlating a predetermined motion light pattern with route data for a distance of road;
storing the correlation in memory; and
retrieving the predetermined motion light pattern from the memory when the vehicle subsequently moves through the distance of road.
20. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the light sensor detects ambient brightness outside the vehicle and generates a natural motion light pattern having a plurality of different light intensities over a distance of road, the motion light pattern generated in each of the lamps being contrary to the natural motion light pattern.