SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING EXTERIOR LIGHTING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

A system for controlling the exterior lighting of a motor vehicle has a switch unit having a rotary switch which can be rotated clockwise and counter-clockwise to sequentially activate a plurality of operating modes of the vehicle lights. The rotary switch is a continuously adjustable rotary encoder...

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Hauptverfasser: AUST FRANK, OELTJEBRUNS THOMAS, SCHECK MARTIN, ALBERTI MICHAEL, BUMMEL SEBASTIAN
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A system for controlling the exterior lighting of a motor vehicle has a switch unit having a rotary switch which can be rotated clockwise and counter-clockwise to sequentially activate a plurality of operating modes of the vehicle lights. The rotary switch is a continuously adjustable rotary encoder, and a plurality of indicator lights are arranged around the rotary encoder, each of the operating modes is respectively assigned a mode indicator light. The operating mode selected by the rotary encoder is displayed by the corresponding indicator light. The rotary encoder has a plurality of latched positions that correspond to the plurality of indicator lights.