Multi-color in-dash lighting system for changing vehicle backlighting
OwnerMohammad A. Pasdarinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle interior lighting system for enabling a driver to control the intensity and color of interior lighting is presented. The system includes a controller that controls the color and intensity of interior lighting, a selector control that switches color and intensity controls to various groups of interior lights (such as instrument lights, indicator light), a color that controls light color and an intensity control that controls light intensity. In practice the controller is a microcontroller, the lights are tri-color light emitting diodes, the selector control is a multi-position switch, and the color and intensity controls are potentiometers.
Claims19
A vehicle interior lighting system, comprising:
- a controller;
- a selector control applying a user adjustable selector input to said controller;
- a color control applying a user adjustable color input to said controller;
- an intensity control applying a user adjustable intensity input to said controller;
- an instrument cluster having instrument illumination devices emitting light having a first color and a first intensity;
- an array of indicators having indicator illumination devices emitting light having a second color and a second intensity;
- and,
- compartment interior illumination devices emitting light having a third color and a third intensity;
- wherein said controller controls said first color of said instrument illumination devices based on a first color input;
- wherein said controller controls said second color of said indicator illumination devices based on a second color input;
- wherein said controller controls said third color of said compartment interior illumination devices based on a third color input;
- wherein said controller controls said first intensity of said instrument illumination devices based on a first intensity input;
- wherein said controller controls said second intensity of said indicator illumination devices based on a second intensity input;
- and,
- wherein said controller controls said third intensity of said compartment interior illumination devices based on a third intensity input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.