Patent ID: 11932163
Assignee: AUDI AG
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 8:
9. A control device for controlling a pixel lamp of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a control signal unit, comprising a processor, configured to provide control signals that represent an image sequence, to the pixel lamp, so that the pixel lamp emits light to light at least part of a route on which the motor vehicle travels,
a respective individual image from the image sequence corresponding to a respective light distribution currently needing to be provided by the pixel lamp,
the image sequence being provided at an image sequence frequency of greater than 24 Hz, and
the image sequence including at least one reference image inserted into the image sequence or replacing an existing image from the image sequence for a uniform lighting of the at least part of the route, so that the reference image is used to provide the uniform lighting for a short moment;

a receiver to receive camera data of a vehicle camera that captures the at least part of the route lit by the pixel lamp, the camera data having been captured by a vehicle camera synchronized to the at least one reference image during capturing of the camera data by the control signal unit; and
an evaluation unit, comprising a processor, connected to the control signal unit and the receiver, configured to:
receive the camera data from the receiver,
evaluate the camera data to determine an image of at least one first advisory route accoutrement and information data associated with the image of the at least one first advisory route accoutrement, with reference to the at least one reference image, and
perform a comparison of the information data associated with the image of the at least one first advisory route accoutrement with data of a database, and

the control signal unit is further configured to,
determine a control signal of the control signals to provide an image of at least one second advisory route accoutrement in the image sequence by use of the pixel lamp, based on the comparison, and
provide the control signal to the pixel lamp to light the at least part of the route based on the image of the at least one second advisory route accoutrement determined by the evaluation unit.