Segmented lighting assembly for a motor vehicle

2:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the assembly comprises a single control unit, common to each of the modules of the plurality of luminous modules.

3:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 1, wherein each luminous module is suitable for projecting a segmented light beam determined by one of the channels of the digital control image.

4:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the control unit comprises a plurality of data outputs, each of the data outputs being configured to transmit the digital control image to one of the luminous modules.

5:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the control unit comprises a data output, said data output being configured to transmit the digital control image to a first of the luminous modules, said first module being configured to repeat the received digital control image to at least one other luminous module of the assembly.

6:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 5, wherein the luminous modules are connected in a chain, so that each module of the arrangement, except the first, is configured so as to receive the digital control image from the luminous module that precedes it in the chain.

7:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the luminous modules are capable of projecting a segmented light beam having a resolution of at least 800 segments.

8:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to transmit a sequence of digital control images to the luminous modules.

9:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the digital control image comprises three image channels, including—a red image channel, a green image channel and a blue image channel, and the assembly comprises three luminous modules, each of which is configured so as to project a segmented beam according to one of said three channels, respectively.

10:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 1, wherein each luminous module comprises a digital micromirror device, DMD, or a monolithic matrix-array source comprising electroluminescent semiconductor elements, or a liquid-crystal display, or a laser-scanning projecting device.

11:

• Method for controlling a plurality of luminous modules in a lighting assembly for a motor vehicle, each luminous module being able to emit a segmented light beam, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
• in a control module, generating a digital control image comprising a plurality of digital image channels, the information contained in each image channel defining the outlines of a segmented light beam to be emitted by one of the luminous modules;
• transmitting, by means of a communication channel, the digital control image to each of said luminous modules.

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• Method according to claim 11, wherein the method comprises the following step:
• in each of the luminous modules, projecting a segmented light beam determined by a subset of the channels of the received digital control image.

13:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 2, wherein each luminous module is suitable for projecting a segmented light beam determined by one of the channels of the digital control image.

14:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 2, wherein the control unit comprises a plurality of data outputs, each of the data outputs being configured to transmit the digital control image to one of the luminous modules.

15:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 2, wherein the control unit comprises a data output, said data output being configured to transmit the digital control image to a first of the luminous modules, said first module being configured to repeat the received digital control image to at least one other luminous module of the assembly.

16:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 7, wherein the luminous modules are capable of projecting a segmented light beam having a resolution of at least 800 segments.

17:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 2, wherein the control unit is configured to transmit a sequence of digital control images to the luminous modules.

18:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 2, wherein the digital control image comprises three image channels, including a red image channel, a green image channel and a blue image channel, and in that the assembly comprises three luminous modules, each of which is configured so as to project a segmented beam according to one of said three channels, respectively.

19:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 2, wherein each luminous module comprises a digital micromirror device, DMD, or a monolithic matrix-array source comprising electroluminescent semiconductor elements, or a liquid-crystal display, or a laser-scanning projecting device.

20:

• Lighting assembly according to claim 3, wherein the control unit comprises a plurality of data outputs, each of the data outputs being configured to transmit the digital control image to one of the luminous modules.