System and method for controlling lamp in vehicle

• US 9,688,193 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2015
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Hui Sung
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, JIMMY T
• Application Number:
  US14/855,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20160250967A1
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 315 77- 82, 315291, 315307, 315308
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/80 Circuits; Control arrangements for dashboards B60Q3/16; for mass transit vehicles B60Q3/47

Abstract

A system and a method for controlling a lamp in a vehicle capable of recognizing turn on/off of the lamp in the vehicle when a driver or a passenger enters or exits the vehicle and improving sensitivity quality of the driver or the passenger by entering a breathing mode in which a lamp in the vehicle is repeatedly brightened and darkened at a specific period when the driver or the passenger enters or exits the vehicle and changing a period of a luminance of the lamp in proportion to a speed of the vehicle are provided. The system for controlling a lamp in a vehicle includes: a lamp controlling unit configured to receive a door opening signal or a door closing signal of the vehicle or receive a start on or off signal of the vehicle and to change a mode of the lamp into a standby mode, a breathing mode, or an operating mode; and a lamp configured to be driven by the lamp controlling unit.

Claims

1. A system for controlling a lamp in a vehicle, the system comprising:

a lamp controlling unit configured to receive a door opening signal or a door closing signal of the vehicle or receive a start on or off signal of the vehicle and to change a mode of the lamp into a standby mode, a breathing mode, or an operating mode, wherein the lamp controlling unit is configured to change the mode of the lamp into the breathing mode when the lamp controlling unit receives the door opening signal or the door closing signal from the vehicle; and

a lamp configured to be driven depending on the lamp controlling unit.

2. The system for controlling a lamp in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the lamp controlling unit includes a breathing mode controlling unit configured to adjust a period of a luminance of the lamp.

3. The system for controlling a lamp in a vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a selection switch configured to allow the lamp to be turned on or turned off depending on an input of a driver or a passenger of the vehicle.

4. The system for controlling a lamp in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a period of a luminance of the lamp is adjusted depending on a speed of the vehicle.

5. The system for controlling a lamp in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the lamp repeatedly becomes bright and dark at a predetermined period while in the breathing mode, and the breathing mode is maintained for dozens of seconds when no other external inputs are present.

6. A method for controlling a lamp in a vehicle when a driver enters the vehicle, the method comprising:

allowing the lamp in the vehicle to enter a standby mode;

controlling, by a lamp controlling unit, the lamp in the vehicle to enter a breathing mode when a door of the vehicle is opened; and

allowing the lamp to enter an operating mode when a predetermined time elapses in a state in which the lamp in the vehicle is in the breathing mode and allowing the lamp to immediately enter the operating mode when an external input is received or the vehicle starts on before the predetermined time elapses in the state in which the lamp in the vehicle is in the breathing mode.

7. The method for controlling a lamp in a vehicle according to claim 6, wherein a period of a luminance of the lamp is adjusted depending on a speed of the vehicle.

8. The method for controlling a lamp in a vehicle according to claim 6, wherein the lamp is selected to be turned on or turned off depending on an external input of the driver in the vehicle.

9. The method for controlling a lamp in a vehicle according to claim 6, wherein the lamp repeatedly becomes bright and dark at a predetermined period while in the breathing mode, and the breathing mode is maintained for dozens of seconds.

10. A method for controlling a lamp in a vehicle when a driver exits the vehicle, the method comprising:

maintaining, by a lamp controlling unit, an operating mode of the lamp when an ignition of the vehicle is turned off;

maintaining, by the lamp controlling unit, the operating mode of the lamp when a door of the vehicle is opened;

controlling, by the lamp controlling unit, the lamp in the vehicle to enter a breathing mode when the door of the vehicle is closed; and

allowing the lamp to enter a standby mode when a predetermined time elapses in a state in which the lamp in the vehicle is in the breathing mode.

11. The method for controlling a lamp in a vehicle according to claim 10, wherein when the door of the vehicle is opened before the predetermined time elapses in the state in which the lamp in the vehicle is in the breathing mode, the lamp is maintained in the breathing mode for another predetermined time.

12. The method for controlling a lamp in a vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the lamp is selected to be turned on or turned off depending on an external input of the driver or a passenger in the vehicle.

13. The method for controlling a lamp in a vehicle according to claim 10, the lamp repeatedly becomes bright and dark at a predetermined period while in the breathing mode, and the breathing mode is maintained for dozens of seconds.