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Method and device for controlling vehicle interior lighting

  • US 5,604,407 A
  • Filed: 11/07/1995
  • Issued: 02/18/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Method for controlling vehicle interior lighting, comprising the steps of:

  • determining each of a plurality of lighting-relevant vehicle states by interrogating at least one state condition that can be interrogated;

    monitoring the vehicle states and if one of the vehicle states is detected, activating a corresponding control process to turn the interior lighting on or off;

    wherein the corresponding control processes to turn the interior lighting on or off each include a respective dimming process, wherein a lighting brightness during a certain time interval is variably set to a range between a maximum brightness and a zero brightness for each vehicle state, said respective dimming process for each vehicle state being determined by corresponding dimming parameters for each vehicle state, and includes variably setting values of said dimming parameters as a function of the vehicle state that is detected and that activates the corresponding control process.

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