Vehicle interior lighting assembly with flexible LED sheet
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomoya Hagihara, Antonio Emilio Sanchez Aguilar
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Abstract
A vehicle interior lighting assembly includes a housing configured to contain lighting components, a lens through which light may be projected from the housing, and a light source including a flexible sheet including one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The flexible sheet includes a first, larger portion disposed at a first orientation at an oblique angle with respect to the lens, and a second, smaller portion disposed at a second orientation that is substantially aligned with the lens. At least one of the one or more LEDs is disposed on the second, smaller portion of the flexible sheet.
Claims17
A vehicle interior lighting system, comprising:
- a first vehicle interior lighting assembly including:
- a lens through which light may be projected;
- and
- a light source including a flexible sheet including one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged to project light through the lens;
- a second vehicle interior lighting assembly including the same general components as the first vehicle interior lighting assembly, including a lens and a flexible sheet including one or more LEDs;
- and
- a controller including a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executable by the processor to control operation of the lighting assembly including controlling the first lighting assembly based on output of the second lighting assembly in real time;
- wherein the first lighting assembly includes a housing that extends at an oblique angle with respect to the lens.
A system for illuminating a vehicle interior, comprising:
- a first lighting assembly;
- a second lighting assembly;
- and
- a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium having instruction stored thereon and executable by the processor to perform the following steps:
- receiving lighting performance information regarding the first lighting assembly;
- receiving lighting performance information regarding the second lighting assembly;
- making a determination that the second lighting assembly is not operating as intended;
- and
- adjusting operation of the first lighting assembly to at least partially compensate for a reduction in lighting performance of the second lighting assembly, including moving at least one reflective component to augment the output of the first lighting assembly.
A method of illuminating a vehicle interior, comprising:
- using a device processor to execute the following instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium:
- receiving lighting performance information regarding a first lighting assembly;
- receiving lighting performance information regarding a second lighting assembly;
- making a determination that the second lighting assembly is not operating as intended;
- and
- adjusting operation of the first lighting assembly to at least partially compensate for a reduction in lighting performance of the second lighting assembly, including moving at least one reflective component to augment the output of the first lighting assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.