A vehicle lighting apparatus (1) comprises a lighting unit (2) to light a vehicle's interior with light (La) having a variable colour point and an electronic control unit (3) to control the at least one lighting unit (2) including its colour point, wherein the electronic control unit (3) comprises an interface (4) connectable to a colour sensing unit (5) and is adapted to set the colour point of the lighting unit (2) according to a sensed colour point. A vehicle (V) comprises the vehicle lighting apparatus. A method for setting a colour point of an interior light (La) of a vehicle (V) comprises sensing a colour point of a reference object (RO) and setting the colour point of the interior light (La) to a colour point closest to the sensed colour point. The invention is particularly useful for setting a colour point of an interior ambient light of a vehicle.
VEHICLE LIGHTING APPARATUS
FAHRZEUGBELEUCHTUNGSVORRICHTUNG
APPAREIL D'ÉCLAIRAGE DE VÉHICULE
2017-10-11
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G01J Messen der Intensität, der Geschwindigkeit, der spektralen Zusammensetzung, der Polarisation, der Phase oder der Pulscharakteristik von infrarotem, sichtbarem oder ultraviolettem Licht , MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED, VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT / B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / H05B ELECTRIC HEATING , Elektrische Heizung |