Automotive lighting system
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsFrancois Darsy, Jelle Peter Pelsma, Timothy Xuejun Zhang, Chao Ding
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Abstract
An automotive lighting system (20) is described with a signal emitting device (30) installed in a lamp socket (18). The lamp socket (18) is connected to a lighting connection (16) of a vehicle (10). The signal emitting device (30) emits a signal if the lighting connection (16) is energized. A lighting module (24) is connected to an electrical power supply (28) of the vehicle (10). The lighting module (24) comprises a receiver (42), a control unit (45) and a light source (22). The control unit (46) is disposed to operate the light source (22) in a first mode if a signal is received in the receiver, and in a second mode if the signal is not received.
Claims12
Automotive lighting system including
- a signal emitting device to be installed in a lamp socket connected to a lighting connection of a vehicle, said signal emitting device emitting a radio signal depending on electrical power supplied to said lighting connection,
- and a lighting module to be connected to an electrical power supply (28) of said vehicle, said lighting module comprising at least a receiver for said radio signal, and a control unit for controlling a vehicle front light source,
- where said control unit is disposed to operate said vehicle front light source in a first mode if said radio signal is received in said receiver, and to operate said light source in a second mode if said radio signal is not received in said receiver.
Method of installing a light source in a vehicle, by
- replacing a lamp received in a lamp socket connected to a lighting connection of a vehicle by a signal emitting device, said signal emitting device emitting a radio signal depending on electrical power supplied to said lighting connection,
- installing and connecting to an electrical power supply of said vehicle a lighting module, disposed to operate a vehicle front light source in a first mode if said signal is received, and to operate said vehicle front light source in a second mode if said signal is not received.
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