Method for operating an interior lighting device for a motor vehicle, interior lighting device for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle
First Claim
1. A method for operating an interior lighting device for a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a lighting device having a plurality of actuatable lighting units and a sensor device having a plurality of sensor units with overlapping sensing regions for sensing a position of an operator control object,dividing a sensing area of the sensor device into a plurality of non-overlapping local sections and associating at least one local section with each lighting unit,sensing the operator control object, determining the operator control object is within a first local section of the non-overlapping local sections, and, as a result, activating the lighting unit associated with the first local section and deactivating the lighting units not associated with the first local section.
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Abstract
Method for operating an interior lighting device for a motor vehicle, comprising a lighting device and a sensor device, which senses a position of an operator control object for the lighting device in its sensing area, wherein the lighting device is controlled on the basis of sensor data from the sensor device, wherein the lighting device has multiple actuatable lighting units that each have an associated local section defined in the sensing area, wherein when an operator control object is detected in a local section, the associated lighting unit is activated and activated lighting units not associated with the local section are deactivated.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for operating an interior lighting device for a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
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providing a lighting device having a plurality of actuatable lighting units and a sensor device having a plurality of sensor units with overlapping sensing regions for sensing a position of an operator control object, dividing a sensing area of the sensor device into a plurality of non-overlapping local sections and associating at least one local section with each lighting unit, sensing the operator control object, determining the operator control object is within a first local section of the non-overlapping local sections, and, as a result, activating the lighting unit associated with the first local section and deactivating the lighting units not associated with the first local section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An interior lighting device for a motor vehicle comprising:
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a lighting device having a plurality of actuatable lighting units, a sensor device having multiple sensor units with overlapping sensing regions configured for sensing a position of an operator control object, wherein the sensor device has a sensing area comprising a plurality of non-overlapping local sections, and a control device configured for controlling the lighting device based on sensor data obtained from the sensor device, wherein each actuatable lighting unit is associated with one or more of the plurality of non-overlapping local sections, wherein the control device is configured to receive the sensor data, determine the operator control object is within a first local section of the non-overlapping local sections, and, as a result, activate the lighting unit associated with the first local section and deactivate the lighting units not associated with the first local section. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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