US 11,807,155 B2
Method and device for performing a welcoming illumination
Sandra Sturmat, Braunschweig (DE); Franziska Hoppen, Magdeburg (DE); and Koukou Nian, Wolfsburg (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
Appl. No. 18/008,308
Filed by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
PCT Filed May 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/063821
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/249756, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 207 188.8 (DE), filed on Jun. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0286431 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); F21S 41/657 (2018.01); F21S 41/663 (2018.01)
CPC B60Q 1/085 (2013.01) [F21S 41/657 (2018.01); F21S 41/663 (2018.01); B60Q 2400/40 (2013.01); B60Q 2900/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing a welcoming illumination with the lamps of a motor vehicle, wherein at least two lamps having a pivotable illumination module, the shape of which illumination modules imitates human eyes at least when the illumination modules are illuminated, the method comprising:
defining an authorization zone having a predefinable radius around the motor vehicle;
registering whether at least one authorized user is within the authorization zone;
starting a first illumination sequence of the welcoming illumination, in which first illumination sequence the illumination modules pivot, with respect to a vehicle coordinate system, from an idle position directed downward to a horizontally oriented driving position;
determining the position of the authorized user within the authorization zone with respect to the vehicle coordinate system;
starting a second illumination sequence of the welcoming illumination, in which second illumination sequence the illumination modules first pivot in the direction of the registered authorized user and subsequently pivot back to the driving position oriented horizontally and forward.