MOTOR VEHICLE

Abstract

A motor vehicle comprising a camera, a controller, and a lighting device arranged in an interior of the motor vehicle. The lighting device is a light strip configured to emit light in different color tones. The camera is configured to create images and/or videos of an environment of the motor vehicle and to output the images and/or videos to the controller. The controller is configured to recognize, from the images and/or videos, a color tone displayed by a light signal system in the environment of the motor vehicle. The controller is configured to cause the lighting device to emit light in the displayed color tone.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle comprising: a camera, a controller, and a light strip arranged in an interior of the motor vehicle, wherein the light strip is configured to emit light in different color tones, wherein the camera is configured to create images and/or videos of an environment of the motor vehicle and to output the images and/or videos to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to recognize, from the images and/or videos, a color tone displayed by a light signal system in the environment of the motor vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to cause the light strip to emit light in the displayed color tone.

2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the light strip comprises LEDs as a light source.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the light strip has a length of more than 20 cm.

4. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the motor vehicle comprises a steering wheel and a windshield, wherein the light strip is arranged between the steering wheel and the windshield.

5. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the motor vehicle comprises a dashboard, and the light strip is arranged in an upper end region of the dashboard.

6. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the light strip is arranged in a curved manner.

7. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the motor vehicle comprises a screen arranged in the dashboard, wherein the light strip is arranged above the screen.

8. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the light strip extends in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle.

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the light strip comprises a first end point which is arranged in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle between a steering wheel and a center console or is arranged to overlap the center console or the steering wheel in the transverse direction and extends from the first end point toward a second end point of the light strip.

10. The motor vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the second end point is arranged in the transverse direction of the motor vehicle between the steering wheel and an outer end region of the dashboard or is arranged to overlap the outer end region or the steering wheel in the transverse direction.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Further features and advantages of the present invention become apparent from the following description of a preferred exemplary embodiment with reference to the appended illustration. The same reference signs are used for the same or similar features and for features with the same or similar functions. Shown are:

[0018] FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a section of an interior of a motor vehicle according to an embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0019] The motor vehicle comprises a steering wheel 1, a light strip 2, a dashboard 3, and a windshield 4. The light strip 2 is arranged in an upper end region of the dashboard 3 between the steering wheel 1 and the windshield 4. FIG. 1 is a view of the interior from the driver's perspective. The light strip 2 extends from below an A-pillar 5 of the motor vehicle to an end point of the light strip 2, which overlaps a center console in the transverse direction.

[0020] A control means causes the light strip 2 to emit light in the color tone in which a light signal system in the environment of the motor vehicle also emit lights. In the process, the color tone of the light signal system is captured by the camera and output to the control means. If the driver observes the environment through the windshield 4 but not a light signal system in this environment, the light strip 2 is in the driver's field of view so that the driver notices a change of the color tone 2, even if the driver does not concentrate on the light strip 2. The same applies if the driver looks at an instrument of the dashboard 3 and, for example, retrieves information about the motor vehicle or adjusts the settings. Even when looking through a side window of the motor vehicle, the driver can notice a change in the color tone of the light strip 2.

[0021] The arrangement of the light strip 2 is thus particularly advantageous since the driver can notice a change in the color tone of the light strip 2 both when looking outside and when looking at the dashboard 3. This results on the one hand from the position of the light strip 2 between the steering wheel 1 and the windshield 4 and on the other hand from the size of the light strip 2, which extends in the transverse direction from an outer end region of the dashboard 3 to an overlap with the center console. It is furthermore advantageous that the light strip 2 is less noticeable to a passenger in the motor vehicle so that it has a minor effect on the visual impression of the interior of the motor vehicle from the viewing angle of the passenger.