Lighting system

1. A lighting system for a vehicle, the system comprising:

a holographic projector comprising:

a hologram engine arranged to output holograms;

a spatial light modulator arranged to display each hologram and spatially-modulate light in accordance with each hologram, wherein the spatially-modulated light forms a holographic reconstruction, corresponding to each hologram, on a replay plane; and

a light distribution system comprising a plurality of optical fibres wherein each optical fibre comprises an input optically-coupled to respective sub-area of the replay plane and an output optically coupled with an illumination sub-system of the vehicle.

2. A lighting system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the holographic reconstruction illuminates at least one sub-area of the replay plane optically-coupled to an optical fibre of the plurality of optical fibres.

3. A lighting system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the hologram engine is arranged to output a first hologram at a first time and a second hologram at a second time not equal to the first time, wherein the first hologram forms a first holographic reconstruction which illuminates at least first sub-area of the replay plane optically-coupled to a first optical fibre of the plurality of optical fibres and the second hologram forms a second holographic reconstruction which illuminates at least a second sub-area of the replay plane optically-coupled to a second optical fibre of the plurality of optical fibres.

4. A lighting system as claimed in claim 3 wherein the first hologram and second hologram are such that the brightness of the light illuminating the first sub-area is not equal to the brightness of the light illuminating the second sub-area.

5. A lighting system as claimed in claim 3 wherein the colour of the light illuminating the first sub-area is not equal to the colour of the light illuminating the second sub-area.

6. A lighting system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the hologram engine is further arranged to combine each hologram with a grating function corresponding to an optical grating having a grating period.

7. A lighting system as claimed in claim 6 wherein the grating period determines the sub-area or sub-areas of the replay plane illuminated by the holographic reconstruction.

8. A lighting system as claimed in claim 6 wherein the hologram engine comprises a look-up table of grating functions, wherein each grating function corresponds to at least one illumination sub-system of the vehicle.

9. A lighting system as claimed in claim 1 wherein each optical fibre is a multimode optical fibre.

10. A lighting system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the illumination sub-system is at least one selected from the group comprising: an internal door handle light; an electric window switch; a vanity mirror light; a reading light; a foot-well light; a welcome mat light; a door sill light and a wing mirror light.

11. A lighting system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the hologram is a Fourier transform hologram or a Fresnel transform hologram.

12. A lighting system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the holographic projector further comprises a light-receiving surface, at the replay plane, arranged to receive the holographic reconstruction.

13. A lighting system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the spatial light modulator is a phase modulator and wherein the hologram comprises an array of phase-delay values.

14. A lighting system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the hologram engine is arranged to: receive image data and calculate the hologram is real-time from the image data; or receive a control signal and determine the hologram, from a plurality of holograms stored in memory, in response to the control signal.

15. A lighting system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the light distribution system is a Li-Fi system in which at least one illumination sub-system of the vehicle is a Li-Fi antenna of the Li-Fi system.

16. A lighting system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the spatially-modulated light is modulated or encoded with telecommunications data.

17. A lighting system as claimed in claim 16 wherein a first illumination sub-system of the vehicle is arranged to transmit first telecommunications data and a second illumination sub-system of the vehicle is arranged to transmit second telecommunications data, optionally, wherein the first telecommunications data is different to the second telecommunications data.

18. A vehicle comprising the lighting system of claim 1 .

19. A method of providing light to illumination sub-systems of a vehicle, the method comprising:

providing a hologram to a spatial light modulator;

displaying the hologram on the spatial light modulator;

spatially modulating light in accordance with the hologram to form a holographic reconstruction, corresponding to the hologram, on a replay plane;

providing light of the holographic reconstruction to an illumination sub-system of the vehicle using an optical fibre having an input optically-coupled to a sub-area of the replay plane illuminated by the holographic reconstruction and an output optically-coupled to the illumination sub-system.

20. A method of providing light as claimed in claim 19 , the method further comprising:

providing a second hologram to the spatial light modulator;

displaying the second hologram on the spatial light modulator;

spatially modulating light in accordance with the second hologram to form a second holographic reconstruction, corresponding to the second hologram, on a replay plane;

providing light of the second holographic reconstruction to a second illumination sub-system of the vehicle using a second optical fibre having an input optically-coupled to a second sub-area of the replay plane illuminated by the second holographic reconstruction and an output optically-coupled to the second illumination sub-system.