Patent ID: 7221271

Claim:
Device for controlling lighting, for the interiors of automotive vehicles, the device comprising: at least one light source; at least one sensor which influences the light source and detects at least the movement of a body or of a part of the body within an active region of the sensor; and a control unit associated with the light source for controlling the light source in dependence on a sensor signal supplied by the sensor by means of control means, which tracks the light of the light source in dependence on the sensor signal, the sensor signal corresponding at least to a position of the body, indicating movement of the body; wherein the sensor includes means for recognizing a movement pattern of the body; wherein means are provided for generating a sensor signal in dependence on the movement pattern; wherein, on account of the sensor signal, the control means tracks the light to the movement of the body in terms of amplitude and, where applicable dependent on direction.