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AssigneeDaimler AG
InventorsHelmuth Eggers, Gerhard Kurz, Juergen Seekircher, Thomas Wohlgemuth
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Future motor vehicles will require additional lighting means. Additional lighting means are required, above all, in conjunction with environmental sensors, especially sensors which are used in night vision systems. As a result of the generally increasing number of electric and electronic systems in motor vehicles, such systems must be easy to operate for the driver. The invention thus relates to a switching arrangement which enables a plurality of lighting systems to be ergonomically operated on one motor vehicle. Said switching arrangement comprises a single switch having a plurality of switching stages. In this way, all switching stages pertaining to different lighting systems are located in the same switching region, enabling the lighting systems to be operated in a simple and intuitive manner.
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A switch for actuating a first lighting system for emitting visible light having a number of lighting states with a lower beam and an upper beam, and for actuating a second lighting system for emitting visible light of at least one further lighting device, the switch having a number of switching stages representing lighting states for actuating the lighting systems,
A switch for actuating a first lighting system for emitting visible light having a number of lighting states with a lower beam and an upper beam, and for actuating a second lighting system for emitting light whose wavelength region is in the infrared or in the non-visible wavelength region, having a single switch that has a number of switching stages representing lighting states for actuating the two lighting systems,
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