Lighting device for illuminating environment of vehicle e.g. car, has vehicle-mounted projection unit for producing illumination of environment of vehicle on which digital visual information is reproduced

• Main Authors: REMMEN, THOMAS, TSCHAESCHKE, ULRICH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; German
• Published: 10.04.2014
• Subjects: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

The device (1) has a vehicle-mounted projection unit (3) for producing an illumination (4) of the environment of the vehicle (2) on which digital visual information is reproduced. The visual information is contained in storage medium. The electrical control of the lighting device is performed through door contact. A storage medium comprises a universal serial bus (USB) flash drive or a memory card. The lighting device is connected to a motion sensor. An independent claim is included for a method for operating lighting device. Beleuchtungsvorrichtung zur Beleuchtung eines Umfelds eines Fahrzeugs, umfassend eine am Fahrzeug angebrachte Projektionseinheit zur Erzeugung einer Ausleuchtung des Umfelds des Fahrzeugs, wobei auf der Ausleuchtung digitale visuelle Informationen wiedergegeben werden.