Communication light device for a vehicle interior, and motor vehicle having a communication light device
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorPhilip HUPFER
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a communication light device for a vehicle interior, having a housing, wherein light sources are arranged in a row on a housing base, wherein the light sources are configured to generate a time-controllable light signal, wherein a side wall of the housing has a light exit opening which extends across the side wall in the direction of the row of light sources and which points towards the vehicle interior when the communication light device is in an intended installation position, and wherein internal walls of the housing have a diffusely reflecting surface.
Claims12
-11. (canceled)
A communication light device for a vehicle interior comprising:
- a housing with a housing base;
- a row of a plurality of light sources arranged on the housing base, wherein the plurality of light sources are configured to generate a light signal that is time-controllable;
- a light exit opening on a sidewall of the housing,
- wherein the light exit opening extends across a side wall of the housing in a direction of a row of the plurality of light sources, and points towards the vehicle interior when the communication light device is in an intended installation position, and
- wherein an internal wall of the housing is configured to have a diffusely reflecting surface;
- and
- a plurality of baffles arranged between the plurality of light sources, the baffles being configured to:
- variably change their height;
- and
- influence crosstalk of the time-controllable light signals between the plurality of light sources as a function of their height.
A motor vehicle comprising a communication light device, the communication light device comprising:
- a housing with a housing base;
- a row of a plurality of light sources arranged on the housing base, wherein the plurality of light sources are configured to generate a light signal that is time-controllable;
- a light exit opening on a sidewall of the housing,
- wherein the light exit opening extends across a side wall of the housing in a direction of a row of the plurality of light sources, and points towards the vehicle interior when the communication light device is in an intended installation position, and
- wherein an internal wall of the housing is configured to have a diffusely reflecting surface;
- and
- a plurality of baffles arranged between the plurality of light sources, the baffles being configured to:
- variably change their height;
- and
- influence crosstalk of the time-controllable light signals between the plurality of light sources as a function of their height.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.