METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A LIGHTING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. Method for calibrating a lighting apparatus, wherein the lighting apparatus has a plurality of illuminants as light sources that each produce an individual light distribution, control means for controlling the settings of the individual light distributions to produce a superimposed overall light distribution by dint of superimposition of the individual light distributions of at least single illuminants, additionally characterized bythe production of an essentially overlap-free distribution of the individual light distributions of at least single selected illuminants,pickup of the light distribution of the selected illuminants by means of a sensor,determination of at least one characteristic of the picked-up individual light distributions of the selected illuminants,calibration of the lighting apparatus on the basis of a comparison of the at least one characteristic of different illuminants among one another and/or with prescribable setpoint data.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for calibrating a lighting apparatus, particularly lighting apparatus for a motor vehicle.
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30 Claims
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1. Method for calibrating a lighting apparatus, wherein the lighting apparatus has a plurality of illuminants as light sources that each produce an individual light distribution, control means for controlling the settings of the individual light distributions to produce a superimposed overall light distribution by dint of superimposition of the individual light distributions of at least single illuminants, additionally characterized by
the production of an essentially overlap-free distribution of the individual light distributions of at least single selected illuminants, pickup of the light distribution of the selected illuminants by means of a sensor, determination of at least one characteristic of the picked-up individual light distributions of the selected illuminants, calibration of the lighting apparatus on the basis of a comparison of the at least one characteristic of different illuminants among one another and/or with prescribable setpoint data.
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2. Method for actuating a lighting apparatus, wherein the lighting apparatus has a plurality of illuminants as light sources that each produce an individual light distribution, having control means for controlling the settings of the individual light distributions to produce a superimposed overall light distribution by dint of superimposition of the individual light distributions of at least single illuminants, additionally characterized by
the production of an essentially overlap-free distribution of the individual light distributions of at least single selected illuminants at a selected time, pickup of the light distribution of the selected illuminants by means of a sensor, determination and storage of at least one characteristic of the picked-up individual light distributions of the selected illuminants, actuation of the lighting apparatus during operation based on the at least one characteristic.
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