Vehicle Having Active Blind Spot Lighting and Method
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Abstract
In order to provide better monitoring for the side environment of a vehicle a lighting unit to light up a vehicle environment and a detection unit for detecting an object in the vehicle environment are provided. The lighting unit is automatically switched on if the detection unit has detected an object in the vehicle environment.
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16 Claims
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1-8. -8. (canceled)
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9. A vehicle, comprising:
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a lighting unit configured to illuminate a vehicle environment; and a detection unit configured to detect an object in the vehicle environment, wherein the lighting unit is configured to automatically switched on if the detection unit has detected the object in the vehicle environment. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for operating a vehicle, the method comprising:
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illuminating a vehicle environment by a lighting unit; and detecting an object in the vehicle environment, wherein the lighting unit is automatically switched on if the object is detected in the vehicle environment. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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