EP3573861A1 - Device for controlling an array of light sources for interior lighting of a motor vehicle passenger compartment - Google Patents
Device for controlling an array of light sources for interior lighting of a motor vehicle passenger compartmentInfo
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- EP3573861A1 EP3573861A1 EP18702172.0A EP18702172A EP3573861A1 EP 3573861 A1 EP3573861 A1 EP 3573861A1 EP 18702172 A EP18702172 A EP 18702172A EP 3573861 A1 EP3573861 A1 EP 3573861A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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- B60Q3/74—Arrangement of lighting devices for vehicle interiors; Lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle interiors characterised by the purpose for overall compartment lighting; for overall compartment lighting in combination with specific lighting, e.g. room lamps with reading lamps
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Definitions
- the invention relates to lighting systems for motor vehicles.
- the invention relates in particular to a lighting system of the interior of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
- a light-emitting diode is an electronic component capable of emitting light when traversed by an electric current.
- the luminous intensity emitted by an LED is generally dependent on the intensity of the electric current flowing through it.
- an LED is characterized by a threshold value of current intensity. This maximum forward current is generally decreasing at increasing temperature.
- forward voltage when an LED emits light, there is observed at its terminals a voltage drop equal to its forward voltage (“forward voltage").
- forward voltage forward voltage
- LED technology is increasingly being used for various light signaling solutions. The LEDs are used to ensure light functions such as daytime running lights, signal lights, etc. It has also been proposed to use LED technology to create interior lighting systems for a car. motor vehicle. Such systems comprise in a known manner a ceiling lamp and reading lights.
- the overhead light it is possible, for example, to activate illuminating lighting towards the driver's side and, separately, lighting illuminating the passenger side.
- at least one matrix comprising LEDs.
- the matrix is configured to perform, according to its mode of operation, a plurality of functions including the reading function, left / right ceiling and so on. This makes it possible to potentially use a single light device, instead of resorting to a specific device by function.
- the invention aims to overcome at least one of the problems posed by the prior art. More specifically, the invention aims to facilitate the control of a matrix of light sources which serves to realize a plurality of heterogeneous light functions within a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
- the invention relates to a device for controlling a matrix of light sources of a light module for lighting the interior of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
- the control device is notable in that it comprises a central unit configured to receive an activation instruction from one of several predetermined lighting functions of the passenger compartment.
- the central unit is operatively connected to a plurality of control devices, each configured to control activation of a group of light sources of said array.
- the central unit is configured to select a plurality of light sources from the array to be activated to perform said lighting function, and to transmit instructions to the controllers to control the activation of the selected light sources.
- the central unit may comprise a microcontroller element and means for receiving and transmitting data.
- the central unit may preferably comprise a memory element comprising structured data, which associates each activation instruction of a lighting function with a predetermined group of light sources of the matrix to be activated to perform said lighting function.
- the central unit may preferably be configured to determine a group of light sources of the matrix to be activated to perform said lighting function.
- the activation instruction may preferably include a color or color temperature setpoint of the light to be emitted, a plurality of coordinates, and / or a light intensity setpoint.
- the coordinates may advantageously correspond to an upper left corner and a lower right corner defining a group of light sources to be lit.
- the central unit may be arranged to select, upon receipt of an activation instruction, one or more of the plurality of control devices to be activated according to this activation instruction, and to transmit to each selected control device a current setpoint to be supplied to the groups of light sources that this device controls according to this instruction.
- the central unit may preferentially be arranged to calculate said setpoint from the received instruction and according to one or more of the following parameters:
- the central unit can calculate a first intensity reference intended for one or more light sources associated with first segments, and in particular the segments at the center of the function and a second intensity setpoint intended for one or more light sources associated with second segments, and in particular the segments at the edges of this function, so as to compensate for the optical efficiency inequalities of an optical system associated with the light source matrix to obtain a light beam of uniform luminous intensity at the output of such an optical system), - the intrinsic characteristics of the selected light sources, for example their BIN information (color and / or stream), and
- each control device may be connected to a power supply line and may be configured to receive a current setpoint to be supplied to the group of light sources that it controls and to modulate and transmit said power supply to this source. group according to said current setpoint.
- the central unit may preferentially be configured to receive data on a CAN ("Controller Area Network") or LIN ("Local Interconnect Network”) bus of a motor vehicle.
- each of the control devices may comprise a voltage converter circuit and / or an electric current regulator circuit.
- the central unit comprises a voltage converter circuit.
- Each of the control devices may preferably comprise a microcontroller element operably connected to the converter circuit.
- each control device can be configured to control the electrical activation of a group among the light sources of the matrix.
- Said groups may preferably be disjoint groups.
- the groups can be non-disjoint, so that one or more of the light sources of the matrix belong to a plurality of groups.
- each group may comprise the light sources of a row or column of the array.
- each group may comprise a single light source, or a plurality of light sources distributed over different rows and / or columns of the matrix.
- Each light source of the matrix may preferentially comprise at least two elementary light sources having different light properties.
- each group may comprise only one of the elementary light sources of the light sources of this group, or alternatively, one of the elementary light sources of one or more of the light sources of this group and the other of the light sources. elementary of one or more other light sources, or alternatively the two elementary light sources of the light sources of this group.
- One of the elementary light sources of each light source may preferably emit light of a first predetermined color, and the other of the elementary light sources may emit light of a second predetermined color, when the sources are supplied with electric current.
- the first color may be warm white and the second color is cold white.
- the cold white may correspond to a color temperature between 4500 and 6000 K.
- the warm white may correspond to a color temperature between 2700 and 3000 K.
- Each of the elementary sources may preferably be controlled separately and independently of the other elementary sources of the light source by the associated control devices.
- each elementary source may comprise a light emitting face of an electroluminescent semiconductor element.
- the light sources of the matrix may preferably be arranged on at least two distinct physical supports. It is preferably two printed circuits installed in two different places in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
- the dimensions of the matrix may preferably house at least five rows / columns comprising at least six light sources each.
- the invention also relates to a light module for lighting the interior of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
- the module comprises at least one matrix of light sources, and it is remarkable in that it comprises a device for controlling said matrix, the control device being in accordance with the invention.
- the light module may preferably comprise optical means, each light source being coupled to an optical means, the optical means being arranged to project, from the light emitted by the light source y coupled, a light segment in a specific area of the cockpit.
- the optical means may be arranged so that each light segment covers at least a portion of another adjacent light segment.
- the optical means may preferably comprise at least one optical lens or a light guide.
- the proposed architecture allows in particular to receive a high-level setpoint threshold of a vehicle control member at the central unit of the vehicle. control.
- the high level instruction is used to identify the required light function.
- the central control unit is configured to translate the high level setpoint thus received into low level setpoints, indicating, for example, a precise current intensity, to the plurality of control devices involved in the supply of the matrix. of LEDs.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a control device according to the invention in a preferred embodiment
- Figure 2 is an illustration of a central unit of a control device according to the invention in a preferred embodiment.
- references 1 10 and 210 denote a central unit of a control device according to the invention, in two described embodiments.
- Figure 1 shows a control device 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- the device 100 serves to control a matrix 10 which groups light sources 14 inside the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
- the light sources 14 serve to perform a plurality of lighting functions in the passenger compartment. This is a non-limiting way of a function of reading, sleep, welcome lighting or other.
- the diagram of Figure 1 shows the light sources 14 by indicating their light emitting faces.
- the matrix arrangement of the sources is apparent.
- the light sources 14 are light-emitting diodes, LEDs.
- LEDs By using LEDs with various characteristics to populate the matrix 10, it becomes possible to realize a plurality of light functions by making the decision to supply subsets of these light sources.
- the same matrix 10 can gather light sources of a first type which emit light of a first color (for example warm white) when they are supplied with electric current, and light sources of a second color. type, which emit a light of a second color (eg cold white).
- a single electronic component comprising two or more electro-luminescent semiconductor elements with different electrical and / or light characteristics can also be used.
- the light sources of the two different types are indicated by the presence and absence of a hatched pattern, respectively.
- the arrangement of the matrix is such that the light sources are physically close together, so that two sources are not visibly distinguishable by a passenger vehicle equipped with the matrix.
- the matrix 10 is therefore capable of producing a plurality of different light functions.
- a key aspect for the realization of these multiple light functions is the control of the power supply of each of the sources.
- the light sources of a line 12 of the matrix 10 are fed by one of the control devices 120.
- Each of the control devices 120 is able to convert a DC input voltage V, N , supplied generally by a source internal to the motor vehicle equipped with the device 10, a charging voltage which is adapted to the supply of light sources 12 associated therewith.
- control devices generally involve at least one conversion circuit of the buck-voltage type, the boost type or the SEPIC type (Single-Ended Primary Inductance Converter) type.
- the average intensity of the charging current can be influenced in a known manner by a PWM signal ("Pulse Width Modulation").
- the control devices 120 preferably comprise at least one voltage converter circuit capable of converting said input voltage V, N into said charging voltage and a current regulator circuit capable of generating a PWM type signal conforming to a set point signal. current 1 14 to the light sources 12 associated therewith.
- the control devices 120 also comprise reception means which make it possible to receive such a current setpoint 1 14.
- the current setpoints 1 14 are transmitted centrally to the different control devices 120 by a central unit 1 10. While FIG. direct connection between the central unit 1 10 and each of the control devices 120, a serial connection of the control devices is conceivable in an equivalent manner and without departing from the scope of the present invention.
- the central unit 1 10 is configured to determine, on the basis of an activation instruction 1 12 received by an external member indicating a lighting function, which of the light sources 14 of the matrix 10 are to be powered and by how much intensity. current, in order to achieve the required lighting function. Then, a current setpoint 1 14 is transmitted to the control devices 120 which are in charge of supplying the recorded current intensity 1 14 to the selected light sources.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic illustration of the CPU 210 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- An activation indication 212 is received, for example on a CAN or LIN bus of a motor vehicle, by means of data receiving means 213.
- the activation indication 212 comprises, in an illustrative and non-limiting manner. limiting, a color instruction, coordinates (for example indicating an upper left corner and a lower right corner of a rectangular group of sources 14 of the matrix 10), and / or a light intensity reference.
- a microcontroller element 216 programmed for this purpose interprets the indication 212 received to determine all the instructions 214.
- the instructions 214 are transmitted to each of the control devices 120 using transmission means 215.
- the central unit may preferentially be arranged to calculate said setpoint from the received instruction and according to one or more of the following parameters:
- the intrinsic characteristics of the selected light sources for example their BIN information
- the CPU 210 preferably includes a memory element 218 on which the microcontroller element 216 has read access. This memory element is preloaded with the data necessary to determine said setpoint 214. This is for example data relative to the location of the sources 14 in the passenger compartment, intrinsic characteristics of the light sources 14, etc.
- the memory element 218 is a structured memory element, such as an array.
- the array is preloaded with predetermined configurations, which relate an activation indication 212 to a setpoint 214 for each of the controllers.
- predetermined configurations which relate an activation indication 212 to a setpoint 214 for each of the controllers.
- a simple operation of consulting the table makes it possible to configure all the control devices, to cause the latter to activate the preselected light sources.
- the person skilled in the art will be able to program a microcontroller so that it can perform the functions of the microcontroller element 216, by means of this general knowledge of computer science.
- the control device according to the invention finds its particular application in a light module for lighting the interior of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
- each light source of the matrix is coupled to an optical means such as an optical lens or a light guide.
- the optical means makes it possible to project from the light emitted by the light source which is coupled thereto.
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